James L. Hodges

James Leonard Hodges ( born April 24, 1790 in Taunton, Massachusetts, † March 8, 1846 ) was an American politician. Between 1827 and 1833 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

James Hodges attended the public schools of his home. After a subsequent study of law and qualifying as a lawyer, he began to work in this profession. At times, he also worked as a bank clerk and postmaster in Taunton. In 1820 he was a delegate at the meeting to adjust the state constitution after the establishment of the new State of Maine, who until then had belonged to Massachusetts. From 1823 to 1824 Hodges sat in the Massachusetts Senate. In the 1820s he joined the movement against the future President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the short-lived National Republican Party.

In the congressional elections of 1826 Hodges was in the twelfth electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Francis Baylies 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.

In 1832, James Hodges renounced a new Congress candidacy. He died on March 8, 1846 in his home town of Taunton, where he was also buried.

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