William D. Martin

William Dickinson Martin ( born October 20, 1789 in Martinstown, Edgefield County, South Carolina, † November 17, 1833 in Charleston, South Carolina ) was an American politician. Between 1827 and 1831 he represented the state of South Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William Martin enjoyed a good basic education. After a subsequent study of law at the Litchfield Law School, and in 1811 made ​​his admission to the bar he began in Edgefield to work in his new profession. In 1813 he moved to Coosawhatchie in Beaufort County. At the same time he began to get involved in politics. Between 1816 and 1817 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from South Carolina, from 1816 to 1828 he was Protokollist in the state Senate. In the 1820s he joined the movement to the future President Andrew Jackson, who emerged from the Democratic Party.

1826 Martin in the fourth constituency of South Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC was selected. There he entered on March 4, 1827, the successor of Andrew R. Govan. After a re-election in 1828, he could remain until March 3, 1831 Congress. There, the discussions revolved mainly around the policy of President Jackson, who held office since March 4, 1829. It was about the enforcement of the Indian Removal Act. In addition, the conflict between the Federal Government and the State of South Carolina pointed to the validity of an import tariff law to increase. This dispute culminated in the Nullifikationskrise, which then escalated in the legislature after Martin's departure from Congress.

Between 1831 and 1833 William Martin worked as a judge. In 1833 he moved to Columbia. He died in the same year in Charleston.