Thomas R. Mitchell
Thomas Rothmaler Mitchell (* May 1783 in Georgetown, South Carolina, † November 2, 1837 ) was an American politician. Between 1821 and 1833 he represented three times the state of South Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Career
Thomas Mitchell visited the Harvard University until 1802. After a subsequent study of law and its made in 1808 admitted to the bar he began in Georgetown to work in his new profession. At the same time he began a political career. Mitchell was a member of the founded by President Thomas Jefferson Democratic- Republican Party. In 1809 and 1814-1819 he was a deputy in the House of Representatives from South Carolina.
In the congressional elections of 1820 he was in the third constituency of South Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of James Ervin on March 4, 1821. Since he lost to Robert B. Campbell in the elections of 1822, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1823. In the course of the 1820s to Mitchell's party broke up. He then joined the movement to the future President Andrew Jackson, later to become the Democratic Party was formed. In the elections of 1824 Mitchell was able to regain his seat in Congress. After a re-election in 1826 he was able in 1829 two other legislative periods spent in the House of Representatives between 4 March 1825 and 3 March. These were overshadowed by fierce debate between supporters of his party as well as those of the grouping by President John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay.
In 1828, Mitchell was subject to his party colleague John Campbell. Just two years later, in 1830, he made it again to regain his old seat. So that he could spend in Congress between 4 March 1831, the March 3, 1833 a final term. This period was dominated by discussions on the policies of President Jackson. This is discussed included the controversial enforcement of the Indian Removal Act and the Nullifikationskrise that affected his home state of South Carolina. In the elections of 1832 Mitchell lost to Thomas D. Singleton. After he retired from politics. He died on November 2, 1837 in his home town of George Town.