George H. Proffit

George H. Proffit ( born September 4, 1807 in New Orleans, Louisiana; † September 7, 1847 in Louisville, Kentucky ) was an American politician. Between 1839 and 1843 he represented the State of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

George Proffit attended the schools of his home. In 1828 he moved to St. Petersburg in Indiana, where he worked in the trade. After a subsequent study of law and qualifying as a lawyer, he started in St. Petersburg to work in his new profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career. Mid-1830s he became a member of the Whig Party; for which he repeatedly sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Indiana 1831-1838.

In the congressional elections of 1838 Proffit in the first electoral district of Indiana was in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Ratliff Boon on March 4, 1839. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1843 two legislative sessions. In these years there since 1836 the independent Republic of Mexico Texas became increasingly discussed about a possible annexation. Since 1841, the dispute between Proffits Whig Party and the new President John Tyler also impacted the work of the Congress.

In 1842 Proffit gave up another candidacy. After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives, he was appointed by President Tyler as the successor to William Hunter to the American ambassador in Brazil. This post he held between June 7, 1843 to August 10, 1844. Then he had to leave this post because the U.S. Senate did not confirm his appointment. George Proffit died on September 7, 1847 in Louisville, and was buried in St. Petersburg.

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