Jeremiah O'Brien (Maine)

Jeremiah O'Brien ( born January 21, 1778 in Machias, Washington County, Massachusetts, † May 30, 1858 in Boston, Massachusetts ) was an American politician. Between 1823 and 1829 he represented the state of Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Jeremiah O'Brien was born 1778 in Machias, which was still part of Massachusetts at that time. Since 1820 it has been part of the State of Maine. O'Brien attended the public schools of his home. He then became involved in the timber industry. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic- Republican Party. In the years 1821 to 1824 he sat in the Senate of Maine. After the dissolution of his party in the 1820s he joined the faction of President John Quincy Adams, who stood in opposition to Andrew Jackson and his supporters.

1822 O'Brien was in the sixth electoral district of Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he entered on March 4, 1823, the succession of Joshua Cushman. After two re- election he was able to complete in 1829 three contiguous legislatures in Congress until March 3. Between 1825 and 1827 he was chairman of the committee responsible for supervising the expenditure of the Navy Department. During his time in Congress, there was heated debate between the Anmhängern his party and those of Andrew Jackson, who came together in 1828 to the Democratic Party.

In the elections of 1828 O'Brien was defeated by Democrat Leonard Jarvis. From 1832 to 1834 he was a deputy in the House of Representatives from Maine. Otherwise, he again worked in the timber industry. Jeremiah O'Brien died on 30 May 1858 in Boston and was buried in his birthplace of Machias.