John Reed junior

John Reed, Jr. (born September 2, 1781 in West Bridgewater , Plymouth County , Massachusetts , †  November 25, 1860 there ) was an American politician . Between 1813 and 1841 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives several times .

Career

John Reed was the son of the congressman of the same name John Reed Sr. (1751-1831). He studied until 1803 at Brown University in Providence ( Rhode Island ). He then taught foreign languages ​​at this university for two years. In 1806 and 1807 he taught at Bridgewater Academy . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer, he began to work in Yarmouth in this profession. Politically, he became a member of the Federalist Party .

In the congressional election of 1812 , Reed was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the eighth constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded Isaiah L. Green on March 4, 1813 . After being re-elected in the ninth district of his state, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1817 . These were shaped by the events of the British-American War until 1815 . 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 mid-1830s, he joined the Whig Party , which was then founded .

In the elections of 1820 Reed was again elected to Congress in the ninth district of his state, where he replaced Walter Folger on March 4, 1821 . After nine re-elections, he was able to spend ten more legislative terms in the House of Representatives until March 3, 1841. Between 1823 and 1833 he represented the 13th and then the eleventh district of Massachusetts there. From 1831 to 1833 he was chairman of the Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business . Since President Jackson took office in 1829, there has been heated debate inside and outside of Congress about its policies. It was about the controversial enforcement of the Indian Removal Act , the conflict with the state of South Carolina , which culminated in the nullification crisis , and the banking policy of the president. In 1830, Reed was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

In 1840, John Reed renounced another congressional candidacy. Between 1845 and 1851 he was Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts. After that, he no longer appeared politically. He died on November 25, 1860 in his native West Bridgewater.

Web links

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