Henry Marie Brackenridge

Henry Marie Brackenridge ( born May 11, 1786 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, † January 18, 1871 ) was an American politician. In the years 1840 and 1841 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Henry Brackenridge was the son of the poet Hugh Henry Brackenridge ( 1748-1816 ). He was taught by his father and a private tutor. After he graduated from the French Academy in today's Missouri. After a subsequent law degree in 1806 and its recent approval as a lawyer he worked until 1810 in Somerset in this profession. He then moved for a short time to St. Louis, where he also practiced law. In 1811 he was appointed Deputy Attorney General in the Orleans Territory. A year later, he was district judge for Louisiana. During the British - American War of 1812, he was secret service working for the American side. Later he wrote a treatise on this war.

In 1817, Brackenridge was secretary of an American mission to South America. He later published a book also on this trip and his impressions. In 1821 he worked for Andrew Jackson, who was then governor of the Florida territory. He became a judge in the western part of this area through its influence. This post he held 1821-1832. In 1832 Henry Brackenridge returned to Pennsylvania, where he acquired large estates. He also founded the city Tarentum. Politically, he joined the Whig party to.

Following the resignation of Mr Richard Biddle was Brackenridge at the due election as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on October 13, 1840. Since he was not nominated for the regular elections of the year 1840 by his party for re-election, he could only finish the current term in Congress until March 3, 1841. After his time in the U.S. House of Representatives was dedicated to Henry Brackenridge especially his literary works. Some of his works are considered good scientific and historical sources. He died on January 18, 1871 in Pittsburgh, and was buried in the city named after him Brackenridge.