Samuel Butman

Samuel Butman

Samuel Butman (born 1788 in Worcester , Massachusetts , †  October 9, 1864 in Plymouth , Maine ) was an American politician . Between 1827 and 1837 he represented the state of Maine in the US House of Representatives .

Life

The exact date of birth of Samuel Butman is unknown, but the sources assume 1788 as the year of birth. In 1804 he moved to what was then the District of Maine of the state of Massachusetts, where he settled in Dixmont in Penobscot County . There he became a successful farmer. During the British-American War of 1812 he was captain of a militia unit.

In 1820 Butman was a member of the Maine Constituent Assembly. He was a member of the House of Representatives from Maine in 1822, 1826, and 1827 . It was then that he became a member of the short-lived National Republican Party . In the congressional elections of 1826 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the seventh constituency of Maine , where he succeeded David Kidder on March 4, 1827 . After re-election in 1828, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1831 . These had been determined by the discussions about the politics of President Andrew Jackson since 1829 . This included the enforcement of the Indian Removal Act against the will of the Supreme Court, the nullification crisis with the state of South Carolina and the president's banking policy.

After his time in the House of Representatives, Butman returned to his private affairs. In 1846 he served as a county commissioner in Penobscot County. In 1853 he was a member and President of the Maine Senate . Then he withdrew from politics. Samuel Butman died in Plymouth in October 1864.

Web links

• Samuel Butman in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Samuel Butman in the database of Find a Grave (English)