John W. Tibbatts

John Wooleston Tibbatts (born June 12, 1802 in Lexington , Kentucky , †  July 5, 1852 in Newport , Kentucky) was an American politician . Between 1843 and 1847 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Tibbatts attended Transylvania College in his hometown of Lexington until 1823 . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1826, he began to work in Newport in this profession. There he was also involved in founding the Newport Manufacturing Company in 1831 . It was not long before he came to a considerable fortune. In Newport he also held some local offices at that time.

Politically, Tibbatts was a member of the Democratic Party . In the congressional elections of 1842 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 10th constituency of Kentucky , where he succeeded Thomas F. Marshall of the Whig Party on March 4, 1843 . After a re-election in 1844, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1847 . Tibbatts campaigned for a strong currency, free trade and the annexation of the Republic of Texas . During the Mexican-American War that followed, he was colonel in command of an infantry unit in the US Army . He was then military governor of Monterrey until 1848 . He then returned to Kentucky, where he practiced as a lawyer until his death in July 1852.

Web links

• John W. Tibbatts in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John W. Tibbatts in the database of Find a Grave (English)