Orange Merwin

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Orange Merwin (born April 7, 1777 in Merryall , Litchfield County , Connecticut , † September 4, 1853 in New Milford , Connecticut) was an American politician . Between 1825 and 1829 he represented the state of Connecticut in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Orange Merwin attended public schools in his home country and then worked in agriculture. He was also involved in politics. Between 1815 and 1820 he was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives . In 1818 he was a member of a commission for the revision of the state constitution. He was then a member of the State Senate between 1821 and 1825 . After the dissolution of the Democratic Republican Party in the 1820s, Merwin joined John Quincy Adams . He became a member of the short-lived National Republican Party , which would later merge into the Whig Party . The National Republicans were in opposition to Andrew Jackson and the Democratic Party he founded .

In the congressional elections of 1824, which were held nationwide in Connecticut, Merwin was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC . There he took over the seat of Samuel A. Foot on March 4, 1825 . After a re-election in 1826, he was able to exercise his mandate in Congress until March 3, 1829. This period was determined by heated political discussions between supporters and opponents of Andrew Jackson, some of which arose from the controversial presidential election of 1824. Another controversial domestic political issue that Congress had to deal with was a new import tariff law that put the southern states at a disadvantage and which a few years later would lead to the nullification crisis with the state of South Carolina .

In 1828 Merwin renounced another candidacy. In the following years he worked in agriculture again. In 1831 he ran unsuccessfully for the office of lieutenant governor of Connecticut. Orange Merwin died in Milford in September 1853 and was buried there.

Web links

  • Orange Merwin in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Merwin, orange
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 7, 1777
PLACE OF BIRTH Merryall , Connecticut
DATE OF DEATH September 4, 1853
Place of death New Milford , Connecticut