William Blackledge

William Blackledge (* in Craven County , North Carolina , †  October 19, 1828 in Spring Hill , North Carolina) was an American politician . Between 1803 and 1813 he represented the state of North Carolina twice in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Blackledge was the father of Congressman William Salter Blackledge (1793-1857). The elder Blackledge's date of birth is unknown. Since the late 1790s he was politically active as a member of the Democratic-Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson . Between 1797 and 1799 and again in 1809 he was a member of the House of Representatives from North Carolina .

In the congressional election of 1802 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fourth constituency of North Carolina , where he succeeded Richard Stanford on March 4, 1903 , who moved to the eighth district. After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1809 . During this time, the Louisiana Purchase made by President Jefferson expanded the territory of the United States considerably. In 1804, the twelfth amendment was ratified, which reformed the electoral process for the president and vice-president. That same year, Blackledge was one of the prosecutors on the impeachment trial of Vermont federal judge John Pickering .

In 1808 Blackledge was defeated by the federalist John Stanly . In the elections of 1810 he was re-elected to Congress, where he replaced Stanly on March 4, 1811. Until March 3, 1813 he could spend another legislative period in the US House of Representatives. During this time the British-American War began . After not being confirmed in 1812, William Blackledge withdrew from politics. He died in Spring Hill on October 19, 1828.

Web links

• William Blackledge in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)