Robert McCoy (politician)

Robert McCoy (* in Carlisle , Pennsylvania , †  June 7, 1849 in Wheeling , Virginia ) was an American politician . Between 1831 and 1833 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Robert McCoy attended public schools in his home country. He later held the post of prothonotary in Cumberland County . In the state militia he rose to brigadier general. He also became a sewer commissioner for the state government of Pennsylvania. In the 1820s he joined the movement around the future US President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the Democratic Party founded by this in 1828 .

After the death of Congressman William Ramsey , McCoy was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he took up his new mandate on November 22, 1831. By March 3, 1833, he was able to end the current legislative period in Congress . 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.

Nothing is known of Robert McCoy's life after his tenure in Congress. He died on June 7, 1849 in Wheeling in what is now West Virginia .

Web links

• Robert McCoy in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
William Ramsey	United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania (11th constituency) with Thomas Hartley Crawford November 22, 1831 - March 3, 1833	Charles Augustus Barnitz