James Lockhart (politician)

James Lockhart (born February 13, 1806 in Auburn , New York , †  September 7, 1857 in Evansville , Indiana ) was an American politician . Between 1851 and 1853 and again in 1857 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Lockhart attended public schools in his home country. Around 1826 he moved to Ithaca , where he ran a weaving mill. From 1832 he lived in Indiana. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1832, he began working in his new profession in Evansville in 1834. In 1836 and 1837 Lockhart was the legal representative of his new hometown. Between 1841 and 1845 he served as the district attorney in Vanderburgh County . He then served as a judge in the Indiana Fourth District Judge from 1846 to 1851.

Politically, Lockhart was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1850 he took part as a delegate to a meeting to revise the Indiana Constitution. In the congressional election of the same year he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of Indiana , where he succeeded Nathaniel Albertson on March 4, 1851 . Since he refused to run again in 1852, he was only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1853 . This was determined by the discussions about the question of slavery .

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Lockhart returned to work as a lawyer. He was also appointed by President Franklin Pierce to oversee the construction of the Evansville Naval Hospital. In the elections of 1856 he was re-elected to Congress, where he replaced Smith Miller on March 4, 1857 , who had succeeded him four years earlier. James Lockhart was only able to exercise his mandate until his death on September 7, 1857. Then William E. Niblack was elected as his successor in a by-election.

Web links

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

• 12740960 James Lockhart in the database of Find a Grave (English)