Samuel Tweedy

Samuel Tweedy (born March 8, 1776 in Dutchess County , Province of New York , †  July 1, 1868 in Danbury , Connecticut ) was an American politician . Between 1833 and 1835 he represented the state of Connecticut in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Samuel Tweedy was born in the small town of Nine Partners in southern New York State. He later moved to Danbury, Connecticut, where he began a political career. In his new hometown he held several local offices. He was elected to the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1818, 1820, and 1824 ; between 1826 and 1828 he was a member of the State Senate . In the 1820s, Tweedy joined the movement around President John Quincy Adams , which then gave rise to the short-lived National Republican Party , which was in opposition to Andrew Jackson and his Democratic Party .

In the congressional election of 1832 Tweedy was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the sixth congressional electoral district of Connecticut , where he succeeded William L. Storrs on March 4, 1833 . Until March 3, 1835, he had only one term in Congress . This was overshadowed by discussions about President Jackson's policies. It was about his plan to smash the Bundesbank, the nullification crisis with the state of South Carolina and Jackson's stance on the Indian Removal Act .

After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, Samuel Tweedy no longer appeared politically. He died in Danbury in July 1868 at the age of 92.

Web links

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

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