Philemon Beecher

Philemon Beecher (* 1775 in Kent , Colony of Connecticut , †  November 30, 1839 in Lancaster , Ohio ) was an American politician . Between 1817 and 1821 and again from 1823 to 1829 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Philemon Beecher enjoyed a classic school education. After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he began to work in this profession. In 1801 he moved his residence and practice to Lancaster, Ohio. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Federalist Party . In 1803 and again from 1805 to 1807 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Ohio , as its speaker he served in 1807 in the succession of Abraham Shepherd . In that year he sought unsuccessfully for election to the US Senate . An application for a judge's post at the Supreme Court of Ohio was not successful either. He was also active in the national guard of his state, in which he rose to major general. In 1816 he became President of Lancaster Bank for a year . After that he was one of the directors of this bank for many years.

In the congressional election of 1816 Beecher was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fifth electoral district of Ohio , where he succeeded James Kilbourne on March 4, 1817 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1821 . In 1820 he was not re-elected. In the 1820s he joined the movement against future President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the short-lived National Republican Party . He later belonged to the Whig Party , founded in the 1830s .

In the elections of 1822 he was re-elected to Congress in the then newly established ninth district of his state. After two re-elections, he was able to spend three more legislative terms there until March 3, 1829. He was a supporter of President John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay . In 1828 he was not confirmed: in these elections he was defeated by his brother-in-law William W. Irvin . After his time in the US House of Representatives, Philemon Beecher practiced as a lawyer again. He died in Lancaster on November 30, 1839.

Web links

• Philemon Beecher in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)