Linn Banks

Linn Banks ( born January 23, 1784 Madison County, Virginia; † January 13, 1842 at Wolf Town, Virginia ) was an American politician. Between 1838 and 1841 he represented the state of Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Linn Banks attended the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg. After a subsequent law degree in 1809 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he began to work in his home in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career. Between 1812 and 1838 he sat in the House of Representatives from Virginia. Since 1817 he was president of this chamber. Politically, Banks joined the movement to President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the Democratic Party, founded in 1828 by this. In the Virginia militia, he rose to the colonel.

In a by-election Banks was at the due election for the 13th seat of Virginia as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on April 28, 1838. After two re- elections he could remain until December 6, 1841 in Congress. On this day he had his seat to William Smith cede, who had successfully challenged the outcome of the elections of 1840. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Linn Banks practiced as a lawyer again. He drowned on January 13, 1842 while attempting to cross the Conway River.