James B. Reynolds

James B. Reynolds (born 1779 in County Antrim , Ireland , †  June 10, 1851 in Clarksville , Tennessee ) was an American politician . Between 1815 and 1825 he represented the state of Tennessee twice in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Reynolds attended schools in his home country. He later emigrated to the United States, where he settled in Clarksville in northern Tennessee. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1804, he began to work in his new profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Republican Party . In the congressional election of 1814 , Reynolds was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fourth constituency of Tennessee , where he succeeded John Henry Bowen on March 4, 1815 . Up until March 3, 1817, he was initially able to complete a legislative term in Congress .

In the 1820s he joined the movement around the future President Andrew Jackson . In the elections of 1822 Reynolds was re-elected to Congress in the then newly created seventh district of his state, where he was able to complete a further legislative period between March 4, 1823 and March 3, 1825. After leaving the US House of Representatives, Reynolds withdrew from politics. In the following years he practiced as a lawyer. He died in Clarksville on June 10, 1851.

Web links

• James B. Reynolds in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James B. Reynolds in the database of Find a Grave (English)