Levi Woodbury
Levi Woodbury ( born December 22, 1789 in Francestown, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, † September 4, 1851 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire) was an American lawyer and politician, Governor of New Hampshire, Marine Minister, Finance Minister and judges of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Studies, career and family
He first completed a general education studies at Dartmouth College, which he completed in 1809. He then studied law at the Litchfield Law School. After admission to the bar in 1812, he opened an office in New Hampshire.
In 1816 he became a judge of the Supreme Court ( Supreme Court ) of New Hampshire. This office he held until 1823.
He was father of the Postmaster-General under President Abraham Lincoln, Montgomery Blair, and great great grandfather of the film actor Montgomery Clift.
Political career
Offices in New Hampshire and United States Senator
Woodbury began his political career in 1823 as a member of the Democratic-Republican Party with the election for governor of New Hampshire, which he held until 1824. In 1825, he was then Speaker of the House of the State.
In 1825 he became a senator of the United States for the first time. As such, he represented until 1831 the state of New Hampshire in Congress. During this time his followers to Andrew Jackson was born. After he was elected in 1831 to the Senate from New Hampshire, but renounced his mandate.
From 1841 to 1845 he was finally once again representative of New Hampshire in the Senate, this time as a member of the Democratic Party. Most recently, he was Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance and thus owner of the shortest term of office of a committee chairman for ten days.
Minister under Presidents Jackson and Van Buren
On May 23, 1831 President Andrew Jackson appointed him to the naval minister in his cabinet appointed. This office he held until 30 June 1834.
Subsequently, he was appointed by Jackson on July 1, 1834 as the successor of Roger B. Taney of Finance. A position he took over after that also from the March 4, 1837 from the Cabinet of Martin Van Buren. During his tenure in 1836, the Charter of the Second Bank of the United States ran out through a presidential veto of Andrew Jackson. Woodbury favored as the president of an independent central banking system and coins over paper money. The economic crisis of 1837 was ultimately caused in particular by his policies. After this crisis, he then realized the need for a safer state bank compared to the usual commercial banks. Therefore, he was among the supporters of the Act for an independent financial system, which was passed by Congress in 1840. This law was indeed largely abolished by Finance Minister Walter Forward, but later formed the basis for the establishment of an independent financial system.
Judge of the U.S. Supreme Court
During the presidential election of 1844 he supported the Democratic candidate James K. Polk. After his resignation as a senator, he was appointed assessor judges of the Supreme Court of the United States by the current President Polk in 1845.
Woodbury was next to Salmon P. Chase, the only personality who belonged to both the legislature, the executive and the judiciary and to the Governor was. In his honor were named, among others, Woodbury County, Iowa, and several ships of the United States Navy.
Web links, and background literature
- Levi Woodbury in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
- Biography and portrait on the website of the U.S. Treasury
- Biographies of the members of the cabinet of President Jackson
- National Governors Association
- Biography in Famous Americans
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- United States Senator from New Hampshire
- Governor (New Hampshire)
- Member of the House of Representatives from New Hampshire
- Member of the Democratic-Republican Party
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- Born in 1789
- Died in 1851
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