John Locke (politician, 1764)

John Locke (born February 14, 1764 in Hopkinton , Province of Massachusetts Bay , †  March 29, 1855 in Boston , Massachusetts ) was an American politician . Between 1823 and 1829 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Locke attended Andover Academy and then studied at Dartmouth College in Hanover ( New Hampshire ). Afterwards he taught himself as a teacher for some time. This was followed by studies at Harvard University until 1792 . After studying law and his admission to the bar in 1796, he began to work in Ashby in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Republican Party . He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1804, 1805, 1813, and 1823 . In 1820 he was a delegate at a meeting to revise the state constitution . In the 1820s he joined the movement against future President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the short-lived National Republican Party .

In the 1822 congressional election , Locke was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the sixth constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded Samuel Clesson Allen on March 4, 1823 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1829 . These were determined by the heated discussions between supporters and opponents of Andrew Jackson. In 1828 he renounced another candidacy.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, John Locke practiced as a lawyer again. In 1830 he was elected to the Massachusetts Senate; In 1831 he was a member of the State Executive Council . He lived in Lowell between 1837 and 1849 . He then moved to Boston, where he died on March 29, 1855.

Web links

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