Innis Green

Innis Green ( born February 26, 1776 in Hanover Township, Pennsylvania; † August 4, 1839 in Dauphin, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1827 and 1831 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Innis Green received an academic education. After a subsequent study of law and qualifying as a lawyer, he began to work in this profession. Between 1818 and 1827 he was an Associate Judge of the District Court in Dauphin County. In the 1820s he joined the movement to the future President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the Democratic Party, founded in 1828 by this.

In the congressional elections of 1826 Green was in the sixth constituency of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Robert Harris on March 4, 1827. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1831 two legislative sessions. Since the inauguration of President 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. While Green's time as congressman focused primarily on the first two points in the center of discussions.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Innis Green was again associate judge in Dauphin County. He died on 4 August 1839 in Dauphin.