Martin Beaty

Martin Beaty (born October 8, 1784 in Abingdon , Washington County , Virginia , †  June 17, 1856 in Belmont , Texas ) was an American politician . Between 1833 and 1835 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1817, Martin Beaty came to McCreary County , Kentucky, where he ran a farm. He also ran a few other businesses, including an iron smelter. Beaty was also involved in the salt extraction. In 1818 oil was discovered on his land, but it was difficult to sell at the time. Nevertheless, he operated one of the first commercial oil wells ever.

In addition to these activities, Beaty also began a political career. Among other things, he became a member of the school committee in his home country. In the 1820s he joined the movement against future US President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the short-lived National Republican Party . He served in the Kentucky Senate between 1824 and 1828 and again in 1832 . In the presidential elections of 1832 and 1836 he was elector for Henry Clay and later William Henry Harrison , but both were defeated. In the years 1828 and 1830 Beaty ran unsuccessfully as a National Republican for Congress .

In the congressional election of 1832 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of Kentucky , where he succeeded Robert Letcher on March 4, 1833 . Since he lost in the elections of 1834 to Sherrod Williams of the Whig Party , he was only able to complete one term in Congress until March 3, 1835. Since President Jackson took office in 1829, there has been heated debate inside and outside of Congress about its policies. It was about the controversial enforcement of the Indian Removal Act , the conflict with the state of South Carolina , which culminated in the nullification crisis , and the banking policy of the president.

After serving in the US House of Representatives, Beaty returned to his previous Kentucky business. In 1848 he was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives . He later moved to Belmont, Texas, where he worked as a farmer. He died there on June 17, 1856.

Web links

• Martin Beaty in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Martin Beaty in the database of Find a Grave (English)