James Meacham

James Meacham

James Meacham (born August 16, 1810 in Rutland , Vermont , † August 23, 1856 there ) was an American politician . Between 1849 and 1853 he represented the third and from 1853 to 1856 the first constituency of the state of Vermont in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Meacham attended Middlebury College until 1832 and then taught himself in Castleton and St. Albans . He then studied theology . In 1838 he was ordained pastor of the Congregational Church . Between 1839 and 1846 he worked in New Haven , Vermont in this profession. From 1846 to 1850 he was a teacher at Middlebury College.

Politically, Meacham was a member of the Whig Party . After the resignation of Congressman George Perkins Marsh , he was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the by-elections due. After a re-election, he was able to represent the third district of his home state between December 3, 1849 and March 3, 1853. In the elections of 1852 and 1854 he was elected to Congress in Vermont's first district . Meacham remained a member of Congress until his death on August 23, 1856. The Republican George Tisdale Hodges won the next by-election .

Meacham's time in Congress was overshadowed by the heated discussions leading up to the civil war . From 1855 he was chairman of the committee for the administration of the federal district (District of Columbia). James Meacham was buried in Middlebury.

Web links

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

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