Hiram Belcher

Hiram Belcher ( born February 23, 1790 in Hallowell, Kennebec County, Massachusetts, † May 6, 1857 in Farmington, Maine ) was an American politician. Between 1847 and 1849 he represented the state of Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Hiram Belcher was born 1790 in Hallowell, which was still part of Massachusetts at that time and since 1820 belongs to the state of Maine. He attended the common schools. After a subsequent study of law and its made ​​in 1812 admitted to the bar, he began practicing in his new profession in Farmington. Between 1814 and 1819 he was in this city also Town Clerk ( Town Clerk ). In the years 1822, 1829 and 1832 he was a deputy in the House of Representatives from Maine. From 1838 to 1839 Belcher was a member of the State Senate.

Belcher was a member of the Whig Party and was registered in 1846 as the candidate for the third constituency of Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Luther Severance on March 4, 1847. Since he resigned in 1848 to further candidacy, Belcher was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1849. He was chairman of the Committee on Mileage. During this time, the Mexican -American War came to an end. At that time were large areas in the west and southwest of the North American continent to the United States, including among others, the future states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah and Colorado.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Hiram Belcher again worked as a lawyer in Farmington. There he is also deceased on May 6, 1857.