George Chambers (Pennsylvania)

George Chambers ( born February 24, 1786 in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, † March 25, 1866 ) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1833 and 1837 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

George Chambers enjoyed a classical education and then attended the Chambersburg Academy, and then to 1804 the Princeton College. After a subsequent law studies and his 1807 was admitted to a lawyer, he began in Chambersburg to work in this profession. Politically, he appeared only in the 1830s as a member of the Anti - Masonic Party in appearance.

In the congressional elections of 1832 Chambers was in the twelfth electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Robert Allison on March 4, 1833. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1837 two legislative sessions. Since the inauguration of President Andrew Jackson in 1829, was discussed inside and outside of Congress vehemently about its policy. It was about the controversial enforcement of the Indian Removal Act, the conflict with the State of South Carolina, which culminated in the Nullifikationskrise, and banking policy of the President.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives George Chambers practiced as a lawyer again. In 1837 he was a delegate to a constitutional convention of his state; In 1851 he became a judge of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. He died on March 25, 1866 in Chambersburg, where he was also buried.