Robert L. McHatton

Robert Lytle McHatton (born November 17, 1788 in Fayette County , Virginia , † May 20, 1835 in Marion County , Indiana ) was an American politician . Between 1826 and 1829 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Robert McHatton was born in 1788 in Fayette County, Virginia, which later became part of the new state of Kentucky. He attended the public schools in his home country and then worked in agriculture. Politically, he became a member of the Democratic Republican Party . Between 1814 and 1816 he was an MP in the Kentucky House of Representatives . In 1816 he served as a major in the state militia.

In the 1820s he joined the movement around the future President Andrew Jackson . After the death of MP James Johnson , McHatton was elected in the fifth constituency of Kentucky as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he took up his new mandate on December 7, 1826. After confirmation in the regular congressional election of 1826, he could remain in congress until March 3, 1829 . After his time in the US House of Representatives, McHatton returned to farming. He died in Indiana on May 20, 1835 and was buried in Georgetown .

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SURNAME	McHatton, Robert L.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	McHatton, Robert Lytle (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	November 17, 1788
PLACE OF BIRTH	Fayette County , Virginia
DATE OF DEATH	May 20, 1835
Place of death	Marion County , Indiana