Philip Doddridge (Virginia)

Philip Doddridge ( born May 17, 1773 Explore the Bedford County, Virginia; † November 19, 1832 in Washington DC ) was an American politician. Between 1829 and 1832 he represented the state of Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Philip Doddridge grew up on a farm. Later he moved to the Brooke County in present-day West Virginia, where he attended the public schools. After a subsequent law degree, he was admitted in 1797 as a lawyer. At the same time he embarked on a political career. Between 1804 and 1809 he was a member of the Senate of Virginia. From 1815 to 1829 he sat several times in the House of Representatives of his State. In 1829 he was a delegate at a meeting on the revision of the Constitution of Virginia. 1822 and 1824 he ran unsuccessfully for Congress yet. In the 1820s he joined the movement against the future President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the short-lived National Republican Party.

In the congressional elections of 1828 Doddridge was elected in the 18th electoral district of Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he became the successor of Isaac Leffler on March 4, 1829. After a re-election, he could erbleiben until his death on November 19, 1832 in Congress. Since the inauguration of President Jackson in 1829, was discussed inside and outside of Congress vehemently about its policy. It was about the controversial enforcement of the Indian Removal Act, the conflict with the State of South Carolina, which culminated in the Nullifikationskrise, and banking policy of the President.

In the House, Doddridge was chairman of the Committee for the administration of the Federal District District of Columbia. After his death, his parliamentary seat fell to Joseph Johnson.