Richard Spencer (politician)

Richard Spencer (born October 29, 1796 in Talbot County , Maryland , †  September 3, 1868 in Mobile , Alabama ) was an American politician . Between 1829 and 1831 he represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Richard Spencer attended public schools in his home country. After a subsequent law degree in Baltimore and his admission as a lawyer in 1819, he began to work in this profession. In 1822 he moved to his farm Solitude near Saint Michaels , where he worked in agriculture. At the same time he embarked on a political career. Between 1823 and 1825 he was a member of the Maryland House of Representatives . He was also engaged in literary activities. Between 1828 and 1834 Spencer owned the Eastern Shore Whig newspaper . In the 1820s he joined the movement around the future President Andrew Jackson and later became a member of the Democratic Party founded by him .

In the congressional election of 1828 , Spencer was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the seventh constituency of Maryland , where he succeeded John Leeds Kerr on March 4, 1829 . Since he was not confirmed in 1830, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1831 . 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.

Between 1833 and 1834 Richard Spencer was again a member of the Maryland State Parliament. In 1837 he moved to Georgia , where he worked as a cotton planter. From 1852 he lived on his Cottage Hill plantation near Mobile. He died there on September 3, 1868.

Web links

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

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