Jonathan Harvey (politician)

Jonathan Harvey

Jonathan Harvey (born February 25, 1780 in Sutton , Merrimack County , New Hampshire , †  August 23, 1859 in North Sutton , New Hampshire) was an American politician . Between 1825 and 1831 he represented the state of New Hampshire in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Jonathan Harvey was the older brother of Matthew Harvey (1781-1866), who also sat for New Hampshire as a member of Congress between 1821 and 1825 . He attended the public schools in his home country and then worked in agriculture. He also started a political career.

Between 1811 and 1816 and from 1831 to 1834 and again from 1838 to 1840 he was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives . In between he was a member of the State Senate from 1816 to 1823 ; from 1817 he was president of this body. From 1823 to 1825, Harvey was also a member of the Executive Council of his state. After the dissolution of the Democratic Republican Party in the mid-1820s, Harvey joined the later President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the Democratic Party founded by him .

In the congressional elections of 1825, which were held nationwide, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC for the fourth mandate from New Hampshire , where he succeeded Aaron Matson on March 4, 1825 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three consecutive terms in Congress by March 3, 1831 . During his tenure in Congress, there were violent clashes between the supporters of Jackson and those of President John Quincy Adams . In Harvey's last term (1829–1831), discussions began in Congress about the policy of the simultaneously elected President Andrew Jackson.

In 1830, Jonathan Harvey declined to run again. He retired from politics and devoted himself to farming on his farm in North Sutton. He died there in August 1859.

Web links

• Jonathan Harvey in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Jonathan Harvey in the database of Find a Grave (English)