John Myers Fields

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John Myers Felder (born July 7, 1782 in Orangeburg , Orangeburg County , South Carolina , † September 1, 1851 in Union Point , Georgia ) was an American politician . Between 1831 and 1835 he represented the state of South Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Felder attended Yale University until 1804 . There he was a roommate and friend of John C. Calhoun . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1808, he began to work in his new profession in Orangeburg. During the British-American War of 1812 he was a major in the state militia. In the same year he became a curator of South Carolina College , later the University of South Carolina .

In addition to his work as a lawyer, Felder also began a political career. In the years 1812 to 1816 and again from 1822 to 1824 he was a member of the House of Representatives from South Carolina . In between he sat in the State Senate from 1816 to 1820 . In the 1820s he joined the movement around the future President Andrew Jackson , who at the time also belonged to John C. Calhoun. The Democratic Party emerged from this in 1828 . In 1830, Felder was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC as their candidate in the fourth constituency of South Carolina , where he succeeded William D. Martin on March 4, 1831 . During this time, the conflict, known as the nullification crisis, escalated between the state of South Carolina and the federal government led by President Jackson. The question was whether a state, in this case South Carolina, had the right to override federal law in its territory. The proponents of this thesis were called " nullifiers ". This group, led by Calhoun, included John Felder. In the elections of 1832 he was confirmed for this movement in his mandate in Congress .

In 1834 Felder renounced another candidacy. In the following years Felder worked in agriculture and the wood industry. From 1840 until his death he was again a member of the South Carolina Senate. John Felder died on September 1, 1851 and was buried in the family cemetery of his former plantation "Midway" near Orangeburg.

Web links

  • John Myers Felder in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Fields, John Myers
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 7, 1782
PLACE OF BIRTH Orangeburg , South Carolina
DATE OF DEATH September 1, 1851
Place of death Union Point , Georgia