Nehemiah Eastman

Nehemiah Eastman (born June 16, 1782 in Gilmanton , Belknap County , New Hampshire , †  January 11, 1856 in Farmington , New Hampshire) was an American politician . Between 1825 and 1827 he represented the state of New Hampshire in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Nemiah Eastman attended elementary school in his native Gilmanton. After studying law and his admission as a lawyer in 1807, he began to work in Farmington in his new profession. He also started a political career. In 1813 he was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives ; between 1820 and 1825 he was a member of the State Senate . After the dissolution of the Democratic Republican Party in the mid-1820s, he joined the short-lived National Republican Party , which supported President John Quincy Adams and was in opposition to Andrew Jackson and his Democratic Party .

In the congressional elections of 1824 , held nationwide, Eastman was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC for the third mandate from New Hampshire . There he took over from Matthew Harvey on March 4, 1825 . Until March 3, 1827, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress . This period was overshadowed by the heated political discussions between the two divided political camps. After his tenure in the House of Representatives, Eastman returned to practice as a lawyer. Politically, he no longer appeared. Nehemiah Eastman died on January 11, 1856 in Farmington, where he was also buried. He was the uncle of Ira Allen Eastman , who also sat for New Hampshire in Congress between 1839 and 1843.

literature

• Andrew R. Dodge: Biographical directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005 . ( the Continental Congress, Sept. 5, 1774 to Oct. 21, 1788, and the Congress of the United States from the First through the One Hundred Eighth Congresses, March 4, 1789 to Jan. 3, 2005 inclusive ), Washington DC 2005 , P. 998.

Web links

• Nehemiah Eastman in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Nehemiah Eastman in the database of Find a Grave (English)