George Corbin Washington

George Corbin Washington ( * August 20, 1789 in Oak Grove, Westmoreland County, Virginia; † July 17, 1854 in Washington DC ) was an American politician. Between 1827 and 1837 he represented two times the state of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

George Corbin Washington was the great-nephew of the first U.S. President George Washington. He studied at Harvard University, and a law degree from it. Washington has not worked as a lawyer. Instead, he managed his plantation in Maryland. He spent most of his life on Dumbarton Heights near the federal capital, Washington DC In the 1820s he joined the opposition to President Andrew Jackson and later became a member of the National Republican Party.

In the congressional elections of 1826, Washington was elected in the third electoral district of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he became the successor of Peter George on March 4, 1827. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1833 three legislative periods. 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. From 1831 to 1833, Washington was chairman of the Committee for the administration of the Federal District District of Columbia. In 1832 he opted not to run again.

In 1834 he was elected to Congress again in the fifth district of his state, where he could spend another term in office between March 4, 1835 to March 3, 1837. In 1836 he decided not to run again. He then became president of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Co. In 1844 he was Federal Commissioner for the settlement of claims arising from a contract concluded in 1835 treaty with the Cherokee. He died on July 17, 1854 in Washington.