John Causin

John MS Causin (* 1811 in Saint Mary's County, Maryland, † January 30, 1861 in Cairo, Illinois ) was an American politician. Between 1843 and 1845 he represented the state of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Causin attended the public schools of his home. After a subsequent study of law and its done around 1836 admission to the bar he began in Leonardtown to work in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Whig Party launched a political career. In the years 1837 and 1843 he sat in the House of Maryland.

In the congressional elections of 1842 Causin was the first electoral district of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Isaac Dashiell Jones on March 4, 1841. Until March 3, 1845, he was able to complete a term in Congress. 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 Causin moved to Annapolis. He took part in a meeting on the revision of the Constitution of Maryland as a delegate. In 1858 he settled in Chicago, where he practiced law. He died on January 30, 1861 in Cairo and was buried in Chicago.