John B. Earle

John B. Earle

John Baylis Earle (born October 23, 1766 in Polk County , Province of North Carolina , †  February 3, 1836 in Anderson , South Carolina ) was an American politician . Between 1803 and 1805 he represented the state of South Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Earle was a nephew of Elias Earle and a cousin of Samuel Earle , both of whom were also Congressmen for South Carolina. He was born near Spartanburg , just outside the South Carolina state line. But he soon moved to South Carolina and, despite his youth , during the Revolutionary War, first a drummer and then a soldier in the Continental Army . Later he bought the “Silver Glade” plantation, which he managed.

Politically, Earle became a member of the Democratic Republican Party founded by President Thomas Jefferson . In the congressional elections of 1802 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the then newly created eighth constituency of South Carolina . There he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1803. Since he refused to run again in 1804, he was only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1805 .

In the following years he returned to work on his plantation. At the same time he was adjutant general in command of the South Carolina State Militia for 16 years . In this capacity he also led their mobilization for use in the British-American War of 1812 , in which he also took part. During the nullification crisis of 1832 and 1833, he was a member of the congregation that passed the nullification resolution that said the controversial federal customs law for South Carolina was invalid. John Earle died on February 3, 1836 and was buried on his plantation.

Web links

• John B. Earle in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John B. Earle in the database of Find a Grave (English)