Shepard Cary

Shepard Cary

Shepard Cary (born July 3, 1805 in New Salem , Franklin County , Massachusetts , †  August 9, 1866 in Houlton , Maine ) was an American politician . Between 1844 and 1845 he represented the state of Maine in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Shepard Cary attended public schools in his home country. In 1822 he moved to Houlton, Maine with his parents. In his new home he got into the wood business. He was also active in trade and agriculture. Politically, Cary became a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1832 and 1849 he sat several times as an MP in the Maine House of Representatives . In 1843 he was also a member of the State Senate .

In 1842 Cary was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the seventh constituency of Maine , where he took up his new mandate on May 10, 1844. The legislative period actually began on March 4, 1843; the reason for the delay in taking office is not known. By March 3, 1845 he ended the current legislative period of the Congress . During this time there was heated debate over the question of joining the Republic of Texas , which had been independent of Mexico since 1836 . That question then led to the Mexican-American War .

Between 1850 and 1853 he was once again a member of the State Senate. In 1862 he was also a member of the House of Representatives from Maine. In 1854, Shepard Cary ran unsuccessfully for the short-lived Liberty Party for governor of Maine. With 3.84 percent of the vote, he took fourth place; The winner was Anson Morrill . Cary died on August 9, 1866 in Houlton and was buried there.

Web links

• Shepard Cary in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Shepard Cary in the database of Find a Grave (English)