Joseph L. Tillinghast

Joseph Leonard Tillinghast (* 1791 in Taunton , Massachusetts , † December 30, 1844 in Providence , Rhode Island ) was an American politician . Between 1837 and 1843 he represented the second constituency of the state of Rhode Island in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Joseph Tillinghast was a cousin of Thomas Tillinghast , who twice represented the State of Rhode Island in the US House of Representatives between 1797 and 1803. He came to Rhode Island early on, where he received a good education; later he got into the newspaper business. In 1809 he published the Providence Gazette. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1811, he began working in his new profession in Providence. Politically, he was in opposition to Andrew Jackson and his Democratic Party . Therefore, he became a member of the then newly formed Whig Party in the early 1830s . Between 1826 and 1833 Tillinghast was a member of the House of Representatives from Rhode Island ; at times he was speaker of the house.

In 1836 Tillinghast was elected to the US House of Representatives, where he succeeded Dutee Jerauld Pearce on March 4, 1837 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1843 . It was there that he witnessed his party's political conflict with President John Tyler , who, although he had originally come from this party, had distanced himself more and more from it and moved closer to the Democrats. In 1842 Tillinghast renounced another candidacy. From 1833 until his death he was a curator at Brown University in Providence. He died in December 1844.

Web links

• Joseph L. Tillinghast in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Joseph L. Tillinghast in the database of Find a Grave (English)