Richard Bennett Carmichael

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Richard Bennett Carmichael

Richard Bennett Carmichael (born December 25, 1807 in Centerville , Queen Anne's County , Maryland , †  October 21, 1884 in Carmichael , Maryland) was an American politician . Between 1833 and 1835 he represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Richard Carmichael was a great-nephew of William Carmichael († 1795), who had been a delegate to the Continental Congress . He attended public school in Centerville and then the Dickinson College in Carlisle ( Pennsylvania ). He then studied at Princeton College until 1828 . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1830, he began to work in this profession in Centerville. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In 1831 he was elected to the Maryland House of Representatives.

In the congressional election of 1832 , Carmichael was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the second constituency of Maryland , where he succeeded Benedict Joseph Semmes on March 4, 1833 . Until March 3, 1835, he was able to complete a legislative period in Congress . 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 his time in the US House of Representatives ended, Carmichael practiced law again. Between 1841 and 1866 he was again a member of the state parliament. In 1856, 1864, 1868 and 1876 he participated as a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions . Carmichael also served as a judge in Queen Anne's County between 1858 and 1864. In 1867 he served as president of a constitutional convention in Maryland. He died on October 21, 1884 on the Wye estate near Carmichael, where he was also buried.

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SURNAME Carmichael, Richard Bennett
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 25, 1807
PLACE OF BIRTH Centerville , Maryland
DATE OF DEATH October 21, 1884
Place of death near Carmichael , Maryland