William F. Gordon

William Fitzhugh Gordon (born January 13, 1787 in Fredericksburg , Virginia , †  August 28, 1858 in Albemarle County , Virginia) was an American politician . From 1830 to 1835 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Gordon attended the public schools in his home country as well as the Springhill Academy . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1808, he began to work in this profession at Orange Court House . In 1809 he moved his residence and his law firm to Charlottesville . In 1812 he also worked as a public prosecutor. Gordon also took part in the British-American War and later became major general in the Virginia State Militia. At the same time he embarked on a political career. Between 1818 and 1829 he was a member of the Virginia House of Representatives . In the 1820s he joined the movement around Andrew Jackson and became a member of the Democratic Party founded by this in 1828 . In 1829 and 1830 he was a delegate to a meeting to revise the constitution of his home state.

After the resignation of MP William Cabell Rives , Gordon was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he took up his new mandate on January 25, 1830 when the by-election was due for the tenth seat of Virginia . After two re-elections, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1835 . Since 1833 he represented there as the successor to John J. Roane the twelfth constituency of his state. Since President Jackson took office in 1829, there has been heated debate inside and outside of Congress about its policies. It was about the controversial enforcement of the Indian Removal Act , the conflict with the state of South Carolina , which culminated in the nullification crisis , and the banking policy of the president.

In 1834 Gordon was not re-elected. After his time in the US House of Representatives, he worked in agriculture. In 1850 he attended the Southern Convention in Nashville as a delegate . William Gordon died on August 28, 1858 on his Edgeworth plantation in Albemarle County.

Web links

• William F. Gordon in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)