Thomas R. Mitchell

Thomas Rothmaler Mitchell (born May 1783 near Georgetown , South Carolina , † November 2, 1837 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1821 and 1833 he represented the state of South Carolina three times in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Thomas Mitchell attended Harvard University until 1802 . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1808, he began to work in Georgetown in his new profession. At the same time he began a political career. Mitchell became a member of the Democratic Republican Party founded by President Thomas Jefferson . In 1809 and between 1814 and 1819 he was a member of the House of Representatives from South Carolina .

In the congressional election of 1820 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of South Carolina , where he succeeded James Ervin on March 4, 1821 . Since he lost in the elections of 1822 to Robert B. Campbell , he could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1823 . In the course of the 1820s, Mitchell's party disbanded. He then joined the movement around the future President Andrew Jackson , which later became the Democratic Party . In the elections of 1824 Mitchell was able to win back his seat in Congress. After being re-elected in 1826, he was able to spend two more legislative terms in the House of Representatives between March 4, 1825 and March 3, 1829. These were overshadowed by heated discussions between supporters of his party and those of the group around President John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay .

In 1828 Mitchell was defeated by his party colleague John Campbell . Just two years later, in 1830, he managed to regain his old seat. So he could spend a last term in Congress between March 4, 1831 and March 3, 1833. This time was dominated by discussions about President Jackson's politics. This included the controversial enforcement of the Indian Removal Act and the nullification crisis that affected his home state of South Carolina. In the elections of 1832 Mitchell lost to Thomas D. Singleton . Then he withdrew from politics. He died on November 2, 1837 in his hometown of Georgetown.

Web links

• Thomas R. Mitchell in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)