Cornelius Holland (politician)

Cornelius Holland ( born July 9, 1783 in Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, † June 2, 1870 in Canton Point, Maine ) was an American politician. Between 1830 and 1833 he represented the state of Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Cornelius Holland attended the public schools of his home. After a subsequent medical studies he started to work as a doctor in 1814 in Livermore. In 1815 he moved to Canton, where he also worked as a doctor. At the same time, he also worked in agriculture, and he began a political career.

In 1819, Holland was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of Maine. Between 1821 and 1822 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Maine. In the years 1822, 1825 and 1826 Holland was a member of the State Senate. Between 1826 and 1855 he also served as justice of the peace. In the 1820s Holland joined the movement for Andrew Jackson, whose Democratic Party, he later joined.

Following the resignation of Congressman James W. Ripley in 1830, he was at the election due in the fifth electoral district of Maine as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he came on 6 December 1830, its new mandate. After a re-election at the regular elections of 1830 he could remain until March 3, 1833 in Congress. This period was dominated by discussions on the policies of President Jackson. It was about the implementation of the Indian Removal Act, the conflict over the tariff policy with the State of South Carolina, which led to Nullifikationskrise, and the Bank's policy Jacksons.

After the end of his time in the House of Representatives Cornelius Holland again worked as a doctor and in agriculture. Politically, he is no more have appeared. He died on 2 June 1870 in Canton Point, and was also buried there.