Micajah Thomas Hawkins

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Micajah Thomas Hawkins (born May 20, 1790 in Warrenton , Warren County , North Carolina , †  December 22, 1858 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1831 and 1841 he represented the state of North Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Micajah Hawkins was a nephew of the US Senators Benjamin Hawkins (1754-1818) and Nathaniel Macon (1757-1837). He first attended the Warrenton Academy and then studied at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . Then he worked in agriculture. At the same time he began a political career in North Carolina. He was a member of the House of Representatives from North Carolina in 1819 and 1820 ; between 1823 and 1827 he was a member of the State Senate . As a member of the state militia, he made it to major general.

Politically, Hawkins joined the movement around the future President Andrew Jackson in the 1820s and became a member of the Democratic Party founded by this in 1828 . After the resignation of Congressman Robert Potter , he was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC when he was due for the by-election for the sixth seat of North Carolina , where he took up his new mandate on December 15, 1831. After four re-elections, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1841 . This period was dominated by discussions of President Jackson's politics until 1837. It was about the controversial implementation of the Indian Removal Act , the nullification crisis with the state of South Carolina and the controversial banking policy of the president.

In 1840 Hawkins declined to run again. In the following years he worked again in agriculture. In 1846 he was re-elected to the North Carolina Senate; in 1854 and 1855 he was a member of the Council of State . He died on December 22, 1858 at his birthplace near Warrenton and was buried in the family's own cemetery.

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SURNAME Hawkins, Micajah Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1790
PLACE OF BIRTH near Warrenton , North Carolina
DATE OF DEATH December 22, 1858
Place of death near Warrenton , North Carolina