Richard Coulter

Richard Coulter (March 1788 in Westmoreland County , Pennsylvania , †  April 21, 1852 in Greensburg , Pennsylvania) was an American politician . Between 1827 and 1835 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Richard Coulter attended Jefferson College in Washington, Pennsylvania. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1811, he began to work in this profession in Greensburg. Between 1816 and 1820 he was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives . In the 1820s he joined the movement around the future President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the Democratic Party founded by this in 1828 .

In the congressional election of 1826 , Coulter was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 17th  constituency of Pennsylvania , where he succeeded George Plumer on March 4, 1827 . After three re-elections, he was able to complete four legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1835 . From 1833 he represented the 19th district of his state there. Since President Jackson took office in 1829, there has been heated debate inside and outside of Congress about its policies. 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.

In 1834, Coulter was not re-elected. From 1846 until his death on April 21, 1852 in Greensburg, he was a judge at the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania .

Web links

• Richard Coulter in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Richard Coulter in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
George Plumer	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (17th constituency) March 4, 1827 - March 3, 1833	John Laporte
new constituency	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (19th constituency) March 4, 1833 - March 3, 1835	John Klingensmith