Samuel Chilton

Samuel Chilton (born September 7, 1804 in Warrenton , Fauquier County , Virginia , †  January 14, 1867 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1843 and 1845 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

As a child, Samuel Chilton moved with his parents to Missouri , where he attended private school. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1826, he began to work in Warrenton in this profession. Politically, he became a member of the Whig Party . In the congressional election of 1842 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the ninth constituency of Virginia , where he succeeded Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter on March 4, 1843 . Until March 3, 1845 he was able to complete a legislative period in Congress . There he campaigned for the abolition of prison sentences for debtors. His time as a member of Congress was marked by tension between President John Tyler and the Whigs. In addition, a possible annexation of the Republic of Texas , which has been independent of Mexico since 1836, was already being discussed.

In the early 1850s, Chilton joined the American Party . In 1850 and 1851 he was a delegate to a meeting to revise the Virginia Constitution. Otherwise he practiced as a lawyer again. In 1859 he was to defend John Brown after his raid in Harpers Ferry . However, he rejected him as his legal representative. Samuel Chilton died on January 14, 1867 in his hometown of Warrenton, where he was also buried.

Web links

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

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