Joseph Hopper Nicholson

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Joseph Hopper Nicholson

Joseph Hopper Nicholson (born May 15, 1770 in Chestertown , Kent County , Province of Maryland , †  March 4, 1817 in Baltimore County , Maryland ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1799 and 1806 he represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Joseph Nicholson attended public schools in his home country. After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he began to work in this profession. At the same time he struck a political career as a member of the Democratic Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson . He served in the Maryland House of Representatives from 1796 to 1798 .

In the congressional elections of 1798 Nicholson was elected in the seventh constituency of Maryland in the US House of Representatives, which was then still in Philadelphia , where he succeeded William Hindman on March 4, 1799 . After three re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his resignation on March 1, 1806 . During this time, the Louisiana Purchase made by President Jefferson fell, which considerably expanded the territory of the United States. In 1804 the twelfth amendment was ratified. Nicholson served twice on a committee that prepared impeachment proceedings against federal judges John Pickering and Samuel Chase . In 1800, as a member of parliament, he witnessed the move of Congress and the federal government to the new federal capital, Washington, DC

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Joseph Nicholson served in Maryland as a judge on the Maryland Court of Appeals . In 1812 he served in the defense of Fort McHenry during the British-American War . He died on March 4, 1817 and was buried on his estate at Wye House near Easton .

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