James Gholson

James Herbert Gholson (* 1798 in Gholsonville , Brunswick County , Virginia , †  July 2, 1848 in Brunswick County, Virginia) was an American politician . Between 1833 and 1835 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Gholson received a good education and studied at Princeton College until 1820 . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer, he began to work in this profession in Percivals . At the same time he embarked on a political career. It was the end of the 1820s a member of the National Republican Party , which opposed the Democratic Party of Andrew Jackson stood. Between 1824 and 1828 and again from 1830 to 1833 he sat in the Virginia House of Representatives .

In the 1932 congressional elections , Gholson was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of Virginia , where he succeeded Mark Alexander on March 4, 1833 . Until March 3, 1835, he was able to complete a legislative period in Congress . Since President Jackson took office in 1829, there has been heated debate inside and outside of Congress about its policies. It was about the controversial enforcement of the Indian Removal Act , the conflict with the state of South Carolina , which culminated in the nullification crisis , and the banking policy of the president.

After serving in the US House of Representatives, James Gholson served as a judge in Brunswick County. He died on July 2, 1848.

Web links

• James Gholson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James Gholson in the database of Find a Grave (English)