Luther Severance

Luther Severance

Luther Severance (born October 26, 1797 in Montague , Franklin County , Massachusetts , †  January 25, 1855 in Augusta , Maine ) was an American politician . Between 1843 and 1847 he represented the state of Maine in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1799, Luther Severance moved with his parents to Cazenovia, New York State . There he attended public schools. He then completed an apprenticeship in printing in Peterboro (New York). After moving to Augusta, Maine, he founded the Kennebec Journal there in 1825 .

Severance also began a political career in his new home. Between 1829 and 1848 he was a member of the Maine House of Representatives on several occasions . In 1835 and 1836 he was a member of the State Senate . Severance was a member of the Whig Party and was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in 1842 as its candidate for the third constituency of Maine . There he took over from Benjamin Randall on March 4, 1843 . After a re-election in 1844, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1847 . Until 1845 he saw the conflict between his party and President John Tyler in Congress . The question of a possible annexation of the Republic of Texas , which has been independent since 1836 , was also hotly debated. This led to the Mexican-American War under President James K. Polk , who has been in office since 1845 .

In 1848, Luther Severance served as Vice President of the Whig National Convention in Philadelphia , on which Zachary Taylor was nominated as a presidential candidate; between 1850 and 1854 he was the American envoy to the Sandwich Islands . He died on January 25, 1855 in Augusta and was buried there.

Web links

• Luther Severance in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Luther Severance in the database of Find a Grave (English)