John Carlyle Herbert

John Carlyle Herbert

John Carlyle Herbert (born August 16, 1775 in Alexandria , Colony of Virginia , †  September 1, 1846 in Buchanan , Virginia ) was an American politician . Between 1815 and 1819 he represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Herbert enjoyed a private school education. In 1794 he graduated from St. John's College in Annapolis . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1795, he began to work in Richmond in this profession. Politically, Herbert was a member of the Federalist Party founded by Alexander Hamilton . He served in the Virginia House of Representatives in 1798 and 1799 . In 1805, Herbert settled in Prince George's County , Maryland. Between 1808 and 1813 he was a member of the Maryland House of Representatives , serving as its President from 1812 to 1813. During the British-American War he was captain of a dragoon unit.

In the congressional election of 1814 , Herbert was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the second constituency of Maryland , where he succeeded Joseph Kent on March 4, 1815 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1819 . From 1817 he was chairman of the District of Columbia Administration Committee . After his time in the US House of Representatives, John Herbert practiced as a lawyer again. From 1820 he lived on his estate Walnut Grange in Maryland. He died in Buchanan on September 1, 1846 and was buried in Baltimore .

Web links

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

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