Chittenden Lyon

Chittenden Lyon (* February 22, 1787 in Fair Haven, Rutland County, Vermont, † November 23, 1842 in Eddyville, Kentucky ) was an American politician. Between 1827 and 1835, he represented the state of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Chittenden Lyon was the son of Congressman Matthew Lyon ( 1749-1822 ). He attended the common schools. In 1801 he moved with his parents in the Caldwell County, Kentucky. In the local community Eddyville he was engaged in trade; He also worked in agriculture. In the 1820s, Lyon began a political career. He joined the Group to the future President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the Democratic Party, founded by this. In the years 1822 and 1824 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Kentucky. Then he sat in the state Senate.

In the congressional elections of the year 1826 1826 Lyon was in the twelfth electoral district of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John Flournoy Henry on March 4, 1827. Until March 3, 1833, he represented this district in Congress. For the next legislative period to March 3, 1835, he joined as the successor of Henry Daniel in the first district of his state. He spent 1827-1835 a total of four legislative sessions 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.

1834 renounced Chittenden Lyon on another candidacy. After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives, he took his previous activities on again. He died on November 23, 1842 in Eddyville. In 1854 was created in Kentucky from parts of Caldwell County was named after him Lyon County.