James Bates (politician)

James Bates (born September 24, 1789 in Greene , Androscoggin County , Massachusetts , † February 25, 1882 in Yarmouth , Maine ) was an American politician . Between 1831 and 1833 he represented the state of Maine in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Bates was born in 1789 in Greene, which was then part of Massachusetts and has been part of Maine since 1820. He attended public schools in his home country and then studied medicine at Harvard University . During the British-American War of 1812 he served as a military doctor. Then he worked as a private doctor.

Politically, he joined Andrew Jackson and his Democratic Party . In 1830, Bates was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the Seventh Constituency of Maine . There he took over from Samuel Butman on March 4, 1831 . By March 3, 1833, he completed a term in Congress , which was determined by the discussions about the policies of President Jackson. During these years, the focus was on the conflict with the state of South Carolina over customs policy, which culminated in the nullification crisis . It also dealt with the controversial implementation of the Indian Removal Act and the president's banking policy.

After the end of his time in the House of Representatives, James Bates withdrew from politics. In the following decades he worked in a hospital executive . He died in Yarmouth in February 1882 and was buried in Norridgewock .

Web links

• James Bates in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• James Bates in the database of Find a Grave (English)