Lauchlin Bethune

Lauchlin Bethune (born April 15, 1785 in Fayetteville , North Carolina , †  October 10, 1874 in Hoke County , North Carolina) was an American politician . Between 1831 and 1833 he represented the state of North Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Lauchlin Bethune first attended private schools and then the Lumberton Male Academy . He then worked in agriculture. At the same time he began a political career. Between 1817 and 1827 he sat several times in the North Carolina Senate . In the 1820s he joined the movement around the future US President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the Democratic Party founded by this in 1828 .

In the 1830 congressional election , Bethune was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the seventh constituency of North Carolina , where he succeeded Edmund Deberry on March 4, 1831 . Since he lost to Deberry in the next election, he could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1833 . This was shaped by the discussions about President Jackson's politics. It was mainly about the controversial implementation of the Indian Removal Act , the nullification crisis with the state of South Carolina and the banking policy of the president.

In 1834 and 1836 Lauchlin Bethune applied unsuccessfully for his return to Congress. After leaving the US House of Representatives, he managed his plantation near Fayetteville. He died on October 10, 1874 in the small village of Montrose.

Web links

• Lauchlin Bethune in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Lauchlin Bethune in the database of Find a Grave (English)