James Blair (politician)

James Blair (born around 1790 in Lancaster County , Province of South Carolina , † April 1, 1834 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1821 and 1834 he represented the state of South Carolina twice in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Blair's exact date of birth is unknown. He was already a planter in his youth . In the meantime he served as Sheriff's chief of police in Lancaster County. Politically, he became a member of the Democratic Republican Party . In 1820 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the ninth constituency of South Carolina. There he took over from Joseph Brevard on March 4, 1821 . Blair only exercised this mandate until his resignation on May 8, 1822.

In the course of the 1820s he joined the later US President Andrew Jackson and became a member of his Democratic Party . In the 1828 congressional election, Blair was re-elected to Congress in the eighth district of South Carolina . After two re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on April 1, 1834. This time was determined, among other things, by tensions between the state of South Carolina and the federal government. The conflict culminated in the nullification crisis . Other topics of discussion at the time were the controversial implementation of the Indian Removal Act and President Jackson's banking policy.

There are two diary entries for former President John Quincy Adams concerning James Blair. On December 24, 1833, Adams wrote that Blair had struck down and seriously injured a newspaper publisher. He was fined $ 300 for this. On April 2, 1834, Adams wrote that Blair had shot himself the day before. James Blair was buried in the Washington Convention Cemetery.

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SURNAME	Blair, James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1790
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lancaster County , South Carolina
DATE OF DEATH	April 1, 1834
Place of death	Washington, DC