Lemuel Sawyer

Lemuel Sawyer (born 1777 in Elizabeth City , North Carolina , †  January 9, 1852 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1807 and 1829 he represented the state of North Carolina in the US House of Representatives several times .

Career

Lemuel Sawyer attended Flatbush Academy on Long Island , New York State . He then studied until 1799 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . This was followed by studies at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1804, he began working in this profession in Elizabeth City. At the same time, Sawyer embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Republican Party . He was a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1800 and 1801 .

In the 1806 congressional election , Sawyer was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the first constituency of North Carolina, where he succeeded Thomas Wynns on March 4, 1807 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1813 . During this time the British-American War began . In the elections of 1816 he was re-elected to Congress in the first district, where he replaced William H. Murfree on March 4, 1817 , who had succeeded him in 1813. By March 3, 1823 he was able to spend three more terms in the US House of Representatives. In 1822 he was defeated by Alfred Moore Gatlin .

In the 1820s, Sawyer joined the movement around the future US President Andrew Jackson . As their candidate, he was re-elected to Congress in 1824 and 1826. Between March 4, 1825 and March 3, 1829, he completed his last two terms as a member of parliament as the successor to Gatlin. These were marked by the tension between supporters and opponents of Andrew Jackson. In 1828, Sawyer lost to William Biddle Shepard .

After leaving Congress, Sawyer worked as a government employee in the federal capital, Washington, where he died on January 9, 1852. He was also known as a writer. His best-known work was the comedy "Blackbeard" published in 1824, which revolves around the pirate of the same name .

Web links

• Lemuel Sawyer in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Lemuel Sawyer in the database of Find a Grave (English)