John Barney

John Barney (born January 18, 1785 in Baltimore , Maryland , †  January 26, 1857 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1825 and 1829 he represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Information about John Barney's youth and schooling has not survived. In the final stages of the British-American War , he served as a captain in the US Army in 1814 and 1815 . He then embarked on a political career. Barney served in the Maryland House of Representatives from 1820 to 1821 . In 1822 he ran for the US House of Representatives without success. During the 1820s he joined the movement around President John Quincy Adams and became a member of the short-lived National Republican Party .

In the congressional elections of 1824 Barney was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the fifth constituency of Maryland, where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1825. After a re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1829 . These were shaped by the heated discussions between supporters and opponents of the later President Andrew Jackson . In 1828 Barney was not re-elected.

After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, John Barney withdrew from politics and devoted himself to literary activities. He died on January 26, 1857 in the federal capital Washington and was buried in Baltimore.

Web links

• John Barney in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John Barney in the database of Find a Grave (English)