Patrick H. Pope

Patrick Hamilton Pope (born March 17, 1806 in Louisville , Kentucky , †  May 4, 1841 there ) was an American politician . Between 1833 and 1835 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Patrick Pope attended the public schools of his home country and then St. Joseph's College in Bardstown . After a subsequent law degree and his admission to the bar in 1827, he began to work in Louisville in this profession. Politically, he became a member of the Democratic Party . In 1832 he turned down the proposed position of Secretary of State of Kentucky.

In the congressional election of 1832 , Pope was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the eighth constituency of Kentucky , where he succeeded Nathan Gaither on March 4, 1833 . Since he lost in the elections of 1834 to William J. Graves of the Whig Party , he was only able to serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1835 . Since President Andrew Jackson took office in 1829, the politics of Congress have been heatedly debated inside and outside of Congress. 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 leaving the US House of Representatives, Patrick Pope practiced law again. In 1836 he became a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives . He died on May 4, 1841 in his hometown of Louisville, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Patrick H. Pope in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Patrick H. Pope in the database of Find a Grave (English)