Noyes Barber

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Noyes Barber (born April 28, 1781 in Groton , Connecticut , † January 3, 1844 there ) was an American politician . Between 1821 and 1835 he represented the state of Connecticut in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Noyes Barber attended public schools in his home country and then went into commerce. During the British-American War of 1812 he was a major in a Connecticut regiment charged with defending the coast during the British blockade. Politically, he was then a member of the Democratic Republican Party founded by President Thomas Jefferson . In 1818 he was elected to the Connecticut House of Representatives.

In the Congressional elections of 1820, which were held nationwide in Connecticut, Barber was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC . After six re-elections, he was able to complete seven legislative terms in Congress between March 4, 1821 and March 3, 1835 . After the dissolution of his party in the mid-1820s, Barber became an opponent of the Democratic Party founded by Andrew Jackson and joined the opposition under the leadership of John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay . Consequently, in the 1830s he became a member of the then newly founded Whig Party , whose regional congresses he attended as a delegate from 1836 until his death. During his time as a parliamentarian, he experienced the turbulent presidential election campaign of 1824, which was decided in Congress, and the discussion about the new import tariff law passed in 1828, which then led to the nullification crisis with the state of South Carolina under President Jackson . Jackson’s banking policy has also been the subject of heated debates in both houses of Congress.

After he was not confirmed in the congressional election of 1834, Barber turned back to his business activities in the trade. At the local level, he remained active as a member of the Whigs. Noyes Barber died in early January 1844 in his native Groton.

Web links

  • Noyes Barber in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Barber, Noyes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1781
PLACE OF BIRTH Groton , Connecticut
DATE OF DEATH January 3, 1844
Place of death Groton , Connecticut