Peter F. Causey

Peter Foster Causey ( born January 11, 1801 in Bridgeville, Delaware, † February 17, 1871 in Milford, Delaware ) was an American politician and 1855-1859 Governor of the State of Delaware.

Early years and political rise

After leaving school, Peter Causey worked at his father, who worked in the trade. Politically he was first a member of the Democratic Party, when he joined the Whig Party, whose party days he attended between 1840 and 1844 as a delegate. Between 1832 and 1835 he was a deputy in the House of Representatives from Delaware. Under Governor Thomas Stockton (1845-1846) he was a member of its advisory board. In the years 1846 and 1850, he ran unsuccessfully for the office of each Governor. Early 1850s changed Causey of the gradually -resolution Whig Party to Know-Nothing Party, which was also known under the name of American Party. As their candidate, he was elected in 1854 to his later successor William Burton as the new governor.

Governor of Delaware

Peter Causey began his four -year term on 16 January 1855. His party fought for laws to establish the prohibition. These occurred initially in force. But in the parliamentary elections of 1856 the party was subject to the Democrats. Prohibition laws were then withdrawn and the governor had to deal for the rest of his tenure with a democratic opposition in the legislature. In these years, the construction of major railways was promoted and completed. Also in Delaware was in these years, the question of slavery and the contrast between the north and the south, the dominant political issue. The state was on the border of both blocks and was therefore similar to Tennessee, Kentucky and Missouri particularly controversial.

Further CV

After his governorship Causey became president of a railroad company. Politically, he is no longer have appeared until his death in 1871. Peter Causey was married to Maria William, with whom he had six children.