Jacob C. Isacks

Jacob C. Isacks (born January 1, 1767 in Montgomery County , Province of Pennsylvania , †  1835 in Winchester , Tennessee ) was an American politician . Between 1823 and 1833 he represented the state of Tennessee in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Jacob Isacks, after growing up in Pennsylvania, moved to Winchester, Tennessee, where he embarked on a political career. First he became a member of the Democratic Republican Party . In the 1820s he joined the movement around the future President Andrew Jackson and the Democratic Party founded by him in 1828 .

In the congressional election of 1822 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fifth constituency of Tennessee , where he succeeded John Rhea on March 4, 1823 . After four re-elections, he was able to complete five legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1833 . Since 1825 he represented there as the successor of Sam Houston the fourth district of his state. From 1827 to 1831 Isacks was chairman of the committee on public land. Since Andrew Jackson took office as US President, his policies have been heatedly debated in Congress. It was about the controversial implementation of the Indian Removal Act , the nullification crisis with the state of South Carolina and the banking policy of the president.

Jacob Isacks was not reconfirmed in 1832. He died in Winchester in 1835.

Web links

• Jacob C. Isacks in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Jacob C. Isacks in the database of Find a Grave (English)