Roger Lawson Gamble

Roger Lawson Gamble (* 1787 in Louisville , Jefferson County , Georgia , †  December 20, 1847 in Augusta , Georgia) was an American politician . Between 1833 and 1835 and again from 1841 to 1843 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Roger Gamble attended public schools in his home country. After a subsequent law degree and his admission to the bar in 1815, he began to work in Louisville in his new profession. He also worked as a cotton planter. Gamble also took part in the British-American War of 1812 as an officer in the US Army . He was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from 1814 to 1815 . In the 1820s he joined Andrew Jackson and the Democratic Party he founded in 1828 .

In the state-wide held congressional elections of 1832 he was elected for the sixth mandate from Georgia to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Wiley Thompson on March 4, 1833 . Since he lost in the elections of 1834 to James C. Terrell , he could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1835 . This was determined by the discussions about President Jackson's policies.

In the following years, Roger Gamble moved to the Whig Party . In the also state-wide held congressional elections of 1840 , he was re-elected to Congress as their candidate in the fourth constituency of Georgia. There he completed another legislative period between March 4, 1841 and March 3, 1843 as the successor to Hines Holt . This was marked by the quarrels between the Whigs and US President John Tyler . In addition, a possible connection to the Republic of Texas , which has been independent of Mexico since 1836, was discussed.

In the elections of 1842 Gamble was defeated by the Democrat John Millen . In 1845 he became a judge in the Superior Court of Georgia . He held this office until 1847. He died on December 20th of that year in Augusta.

Web links

• Roger Lawson Gamble in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Roger Lawson Gamble in the database of Find a Grave (English)