Jacob Alexander Preston

Jacob Alexander Preston ( born March 12, 1796 in Bel Air, Harford County, Maryland; † August 2, 1868 in Perryman, Maryland ) was an American politician. Between 1843 and 1845 he represented the state of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Jacob Preston attended the common schools and then studied until 1816 at the University of Maryland Medicine. After qualifying as a doctor, he began to practice in this profession in Maryland. In addition, he worked in agriculture. During the British - American War of 1812 Preston was a lieutenant in a regiment from Maryland. Politically, he joined mid-1830s founded the Whig Party to.

In the congressional elections of 1842 Preston was in the fifth electoral district of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1843. Since he resigned in 1844 to run again, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1845. This period was characterized by the tensions between President John Tyler and the Whigs. It was also at that time already been discussed about a possible annexation of the independent Republic of Texas since 1836 by Mexico.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Prestron again worked as a doctor and in agriculture. He died on 2 August 1868 in Perryman.