Daniel Jenifer

Daniel Jenifer ( born April 15, 1791 Charles County, Maryland, † December 18, 1855 in Port Tobacco Village, Maryland ) was an American politician. Between 1831 and 1841 he represented two times the state of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives; 1841 to 1845 he was an American ambassador in Austria.

Career

Daniel Jenifer was a nephew of Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer (1723-1790), who was among the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and the son of Congressman John Campbell ( 1765-1828 ). He attended the common schools and studied law afterwards. The early 1830s he began a political career as a member of the short-lived National Republican Party. After the dissolution of his party mid-1830s he became a member of the Whigs.

In the congressional elections of 1830 Jenifer was the first electoral district of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Clement Dorsey on March 4, 1831. Since he was not re-elected in 1832, he was initially able to do only one term in Congress until March 3, 1833. This was marked by discussions on the policies of President Andrew Jackson. During these years the Nullifikationskrise reached its peak with the state of South Carolina. 1834 Jenifer was elected to Congress again in the seventh district of his state, where he was able to complete in 1841 three other legislative periods between 4 March 1835 to 3 March. There he lived until 1837, the final phase of the administration of President Jackson.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives was appointed ambassador in Vienna Daniel Jenifer of President John Tyler as the successor of Henry Muhlenberg. In this capacity, he represented American interests there until 1845. Then he was replaced by the former congressman from Georgia, William Henry Stiles. Between 1845 and 1851 Daniel Jenifer was notary for wills in Charles County. He died on December 18, 1855 near Port Tobacco Village.