Jacob Shower

Jacob Shower (born February 22, 1803 in Manchester , Baltimore County , Maryland , †  May 25, 1879 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1853 and 1855 he represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Jacob Shower attended a private school in Emmitsburg . He was a drummer during the British-American War . After studying medicine at the University of Maryland and his license to practice medicine in 1825, he began working in Carroll County in this profession. Politically, he was an early supporter of the future President Andrew Jackson . In 1824 he was a member of its first support group in Maryland. He later joined the Democratic Party founded by Jackson . Between 1834 and 1840 he was a member of the Maryland House of Representatives . From 1842 to 1850 Shower was also employed by the Carroll County Court Administration. In 1851 he took part as a delegate at a meeting to revise the state constitution.

In the congressional election of 1852 Shower was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the second constituency of Maryland , where he succeeded William Thomas Hamilton on March 4, 1853 . Until March 3, 1855, he was able to complete a legislative term in Congress . These were shaped by the events leading up to the civil war . At that time it was mainly about the question of slavery .

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Jacob Shower practiced as a doctor again. He died on May 25, 1879 in his hometown of Manchester.

Web links

• Jacob Shower in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)