David Bronson

David Bronson ( born February 8, 1800, Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut, † November 20, 1863 in St. Michaels, Maryland ) was an American politician. Between 1841 and 1843 he represented the state of Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

David Bronson attended to 1819 Dartmouth College in Hanover (New Hampshire). After a subsequent study of law and its made ​​in 1823 admitted to the bar, he began practicing in his new profession in North Anson (Maine). He also participated in a political career in attack. From 1832 to 1834 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Maine. In his home, he also worked as a Justice of the Peace.

Bronson joined the Whig party to. Following the resignation of Congressman George Evans, who moved to the U.S. Senate, Bronson was at the election due in the fourth electoral district of Maine as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he joined on May 31, 1841 its new mandate. Until March 3, 1843, he finished the legislature its predecessor. This period was overshadowed by violent discussions between his party and the president John Tyler. Another hotly debated issue was the inclusion of self-employed since 1836 the Republic of Texas to the United States.

After the end of his time in Congress Bronson moved in 1843 to Augusta in Maine. There he again worked as a lawyer. In 1846 he became a member of the Senate of Maine. In 1850 he moved to Bath, where he directed the customs authorities to 1853. Between 1854 and 1857 Bronson judge was on probate in Sagadahoc County. In 1856 he ran unsuccessfully for his return to the Congress. David Bronson died on 20 November 1863 in Saint Michaels ( Maryland) and was also buried there.

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