Henry D. Gilpin
Henry Dilworth Gilpin (* April 14, 1801 in Lancaster, England; † January 29, 1860 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an American lawyer, politician and Minister of Justice ( Attorney General ).
Study and career
Gilpin, who came from a Quaker family, was with his parents on trips abroad, so he from 1812 to 1816 attended a school near London. His father was informed at this time on new methods of papermaking.
After returning to America, he first completed a general education studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He then studied law in the office of Congressman Joseph later Reed Ingersoll. After the lawyer's approval in 1822 and several years as a lawyer, he was appointed in 1831 to the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. During this time he also became a member of the American Philosophical Society, and was from 1833 to 1835 Member of the Board of the Second Bank of the United States.
Political career
1837 he was appointed to the advisory attorney ( solicitor) of the U.S. Treasury. On January 11, 1840, he was appointed by President Martin Van Buren to the Minister of Justice ( Attorney General ). In this position he remained until the end of Van Buren's presidency on March 4, 1841 in office.
During his tenure, the so-called Amistad trials took place before the United States Supreme Court. The Amistad processes were a step in the abolition of slavery in the United States and found 1839-1841 instead. Only after long trials (among other things due to a run by then-President Martin Van Buren vocation and therefore required hearing before the Supreme Court ), as well as disputes over a Seerechtsabkommen with Spain, which (ie, the legal status ) decided the fate of Africans was 1842 - organized their ( partial) return to the home continent by the U.S. government - after finding their right to personal freedom.
Later honorary posts
After his retirement from politics, he joined as a lawyer again. In addition, he was from 1853 to 1858 president of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, as well as vice president and trustee ( Trustee ) of the Philadelphia Historical Society.
Writings
Between 1826 and 1832 he wrote under the title of Atlantic souvenirs a seven-volume report on his trips to Harpers Ferry ( West Virginia), Shenandoah Valley, Weyer 's Cave, Natural Bridge (Virginia), Lexington ( Virginia), Charlottesville, Fredericksburg ( Virginia), Washington and other locations in other states on the Atlantic and in the Southern States.
Other works:
- Gilpin reports. 1837
- Reports of Cases in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1828 - '36. Philadelphia 1837
- The Papers of James Madison. 3 volumes, 1840
- Opinions of the Attorney - General of the United States, from the Beginning of the Government to 1841. 2 volumes, Washington, 1841
- Memorial of Henry D. Gilpin. 1860