Jeremiah Nelson

Jeremiah Nelson (born September 14, 1769 in Rowley , Essex County , Province of Massachusetts Bay , †  October 2, 1838 in Newburyport , Massachusetts ) was an American politician . Between 1805 and 1833 he represented the state of Massachusetts three times in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Jeremiah Nelson attended the public schools of his home country and then until 1790 the Dartmouth College in Hanover ( New Hampshire ). He then worked in Newburyport in commerce. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Federalist Party . He was a member of the Massachusetts General Court in 1803 and 1804 . In the congressional elections of 1804 Nelson was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the third constituency of his state , where he succeeded Manasseh Cutler on March 4, 1805 . Since he refused to run for re-election in 1806, he was initially only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1807 .

In 1811 Nelson became chairman of the Newburyport Borough Council. In the elections of 1814 he was re-elected to Congress in the third district of his state, where he replaced Timothy Pickering on March 4, 1815 . After four re-elections, he was able to spend five more terms in Congress until March 3, 1825. From 1821 he headed the Committee for the Control of Expenditures for State Real Estate. In 1824 he did not stand for re-election.

In the 1820s, Nelson joined the movement of President John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay and became a member of the short-lived National Republican Party . In 1829 he became president of the fire insurance company Newburyport Mutual Fire Insurance Co. In 1830 he was elected for the last time to Congress, where he succeeded John Varnum on March 4, 1831 . Since President Andrew Jackson took office in 1829, the politics of Congress have been heatedly debated inside and outside of Congress. 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.

In 1832, Jeremiah Nelson was no longer a candidate for Congress. After the final end of his time in the US House of Representatives, he worked in the mail order business. He died in Newburyport on October 2, 1838.

Web links

• Jeremiah Nelson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Jeremiah Nelson in the database of Find a Grave (English)