William Norton Shinn

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William Norton Shinn (born October 24, 1782 in Burlington County , New Jersey , †  August 18, 1871 in Mount Holly , New Jersey) was an American politician . Between 1833 and 1837 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Shinn attended public schools in his home country and then worked in agriculture. Between 1825 and 1828 he was Sheriff's chief of police in Burlington County. Politically, he joined the movement around Andrew Jackson in the 1820s and became a member of the Democratic Party founded by this in 1828 . In 1828 Shinn was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly ; from 1829 to 1831 he was a member of the Legislative Council , the forerunner of the New Jersey Senate . In 1832 he was chairman of the Democratic Party in New Jersey.

In the congressional election of 1832 Shinn was elected for the sixth seat of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Silas Condit on March 4, 1833 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1837 . Since President Jackson's inauguration, there has been heated debate within 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.

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Shinn returned to farming. In 1853 and 1854 he was President of the Burlington Agricultural Association . He also got into the railroad business. He was one of the directors of the Camden and Amboy Railroad . He died on August 18, 1871 in Mount Holly, where he was also buried.

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