John S. Barbour

John Strode Barbour, Sr. (born August 8, 1790 at Brandy Station , Culpeper County , Virginia , †  January 12, 1855 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1823 and 1833 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Barbour came from a well-known family of politicians. He was the father of John S. Barbour Jr. (1820-1892), who represented the state of Virginia in both houses of Congress . He was also a cousin of James Barbour (1775-1842), who was, among other things, US Senator , Governor of Virginia and US Secretary of War . Another cousin was Philip Pendleton Barbour (1783–1841), Congressman for Virginia and judge on the United States Supreme Court .

Barbour was born on the Fleetwood Estate near Brandy Station. He was to inherit this country estate later. He attended private schools and then until 1808 the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1811, he began to work in Culpeper in this profession. During the British-American War of 1812 he was on the staff of President James Madison . Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Republican Party . Between 1813 and 1834 he sat several times in the Virginia House of Representatives . In the 1820s he joined the movement around the future President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the Democratic Party founded by this in 1828 .

In the congressional elections of 1822 Barbour was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 15th  constituency of Virginia , where he succeeded George Tucker on March 4, 1823 . After four re-elections, he was able to complete five legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1833 . 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 1829 and 1830, Barbour was a delegate to a meeting to revise the Virginia Constitution. In 1832 he renounced another congressional candidacy.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, John Barbour practiced as a lawyer again. In June 1852 he chaired the Democratic National Convention in Baltimore , where Franklin Pierce was nominated as a presidential candidate. He died on January 12, 1855 on his Fleetwood estate , where he was also buried.

Web links

• John S. Barbour in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John S. Barbour in the database of Find a Grave (English)