Joseph Draper

Joseph Draper (born December 25, 1794 in Wythe County , Virginia , †  June 10, 1834 in Wytheville , Virginia) was an American politician . Between 1830 and 1833 he twice represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Born in what is now Pulaski County , Joseph Draper attended private schools. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1818, he began to work in Wytheville in this profession. He took part in the British-American War of 1812 as a simple soldier . 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 . Between 1828 and 1830 he was a member of the Virginia Senate .

After the death of MP Alexander Smyth , Draper was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the by-election due for the 22nd seat of Virginia , where he took up his new mandate on December 6, 1830. In the regular congressional elections of 1830 he lost to Charles Clement Johnston . He filed an objection to the election result without success. So he had to cede his mandate to Johnston on March 4, 1831. After his death, Draper was re-elected as his successor to Congress, where he ended the current legislative period between December 6, 1832 and March 3, 1833. In 1832 he declined to run again. 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.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Joseph Draper practiced as a lawyer again. He died in Wytheville on June 10, 1834.

Web links

• Joseph Draper in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Joseph Draper in the database of Find a Grave (English)