James Caldwell (politician)

James Caldwell (born November 30, 1770 in Baltimore , Province of Maryland , † May 1838 in Wheeling , Virginia ) was an American politician of the Democratic Republican Party . From 1813 to 1817 he was a member of the House of Representatives of the United States for the fourth congressional district of the state of Ohio .

biography

James Caldwell was born in Baltimore in 1770. He later moved to Wheeling, which was still in Virginia at the time . In 1799 he finally moved to St. Clairsville , Ohio. For Belmont County he was a member of the Ohio Constituent Assembly of 1802. From 1809 to 1813 he sat for Belmont County in the State Senate .

In the congressional elections in 1812 he was elected to the US House of Representatives. There he represented the newly created 4th congressional district. Once, in 1814 , he was re-elected. Caldwell resigned from the House of Representatives in 1817. In May 1838 he died in Wheeling, where he had retired after leaving the House of Representatives. He was buried in Episcopal Cemetery in St. Clairsville.

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SURNAME	Caldwell, James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American Democratic Republican Party politician
DATE OF BIRTH	November 30, 1770
PLACE OF BIRTH	Baltimore , Maryland
DATE OF DEATH	May 1838
Place of death	Wheeling , West Virginia