Jacob Shower

Jacob Shower ( born February 22, 1803 in Manchester, Baltimore County, Maryland, † May 25, 1879 ) was an American politician. Between 1853 and 1855 he represented the state of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Jacob Shower attended a private school in Emmitsburg. During the British - American War, he was a drummer. After studying medicine at the University of Maryland and his 1825 was admitted as a doctor, he began to work in Carroll County in this profession. Politically, he was an early supporter of the future President Andrew Jackson. In 1824 he was a member of the first support group in Maryland. Later, he joined the Democratic Party, founded by Jackson. Between 1834 and 1840 he sat in the House of Representatives from Maryland. From 1842 to 1850 Shower was also employed in the administration of justice, in Carroll County. In 1851 he participated in a meeting to revise the State Constitution as a delegate.

In the congressional elections of 1852 Shower was in the second electoral district of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of William Thomas Hamilton on 4 March 1853. Until March 3, 1855, he was able to complete a term in Congress. These were shaped by the events leading up to the Civil War. It was at that time especially around the issue of slavery.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Jacob Shower practiced as a doctor again. He died on 25 May 1879 in his hometown of Manchester.