Joel Keith Mann

Joel Keith Mann (born August 1, 1780 in Cheltenham , Montgomery County , Pennsylvania , †  August 28, 1857 in Jenkintown , Pennsylvania) was an American politician . Between 1831 and 1835 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Joel Mann attended the public schools in his home country and then worked in agriculture. At the same time he embarked on a political career. Between 1817 and 1820 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania ; from 1824 to 1829 he was a member of the State Senate . In the 1820s he joined the movement around the future President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the Democratic Party founded by this in 1828 .

In the congressional election of 1830 , Mann was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fifth constituency of Pennsylvania , where he succeeded John Benton Sterigere on March 4, 1831 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1835 . From 1833 he was chairman of the Committee on Accounts . 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 his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Joel Mann returned to farming. He died in Jenkintown on August 28, 1857.

Web links

• Joel Keith Mann in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Joel Keith man in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
John Benton Sterigere	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (5th constituency) March 4, 1831 - March 3, 1835	Jacob Fry