Samuel Eddy

Samuel Eddy ( born March 31, 1769 in Johnston, Rhode Iceland, † February 3, 1839 in Providence, Rhode Iceland ) was an American politician. Between 1819 and 1825 he represented the state of Rhode Iceland in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

After primary school, Samuel Eddy studied until 1787 at Brown University in Providence. After studying law and its made ​​in 1790 admitted to the bar he began to work in his new profession for a short time in Providence. Still in 1790, he joined the civil service and was Bailiff ( Clerk ) of the Supreme Court of Rhode Iceland. This office he held until 1793.

Between 1798 and 1819 Eddy served as Secretary of State, the managing officials of the government of his home state. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic- Republican Party. After its dissolution early 1820s he joined the so-called Adams - Clay Republicans, a group that stood in opposition to Andrew Jackson and its future Democratic Party. Later, most members of the Adams - Clay Republican went to the Whig founded in the 1830s on party.

1818 Eddy was in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded the Federalists John Linscom Boss on March 4, 1819. After two re- elections he could implement his mandate in Congress until March 3, 1825. In the elections of 1824 he was Tristam Burges inferior. In 1828 Eddy again ran unsuccessfully against Burges for a return to Congress. 1826 and 1827 he was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Rhode Iceland; 1827 to 1835 he held the chair in this Court as Chief Justice. Samuel Eddy died in 1839 in Providence, and was also buried there.