Andrew Beaumont

Andrew Beaumont ( born January 24, 1790 in Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut; † September 30, 1853 in Wilkes -Barre, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1833 and 1837 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Since 1808 Andrew Beaumont lived in Pennsylvania. He studied Juram but without ever working as a lawyer. In 1814 he worked for the tax authorities. From 1816 to 1819 he served as usher in Luzerne County. At the same time he embarked on a political career. In the years 1821, 1822 and 1826, he was a member of the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Between 1826 and 1832 he held the office of postmaster in Wilkes - Barre. In the 1820s he joined the movement to the later U.S. President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the Democratic Party, founded in 1828 by this.

In the congressional elections of 1832 Beaumont was in the 15th electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan on March 4, 1833. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1837 two legislative sessions. 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.

1836 Beaumont renounced to another Congress candidate. Between November 1846 and March 1847, he was commissioner of the public buildings in the capital Washington; in 1849 he was again a deputy in the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Andrew Beaumont died on September 30, 1853 in Wilkes -Barre, where he was also buried.