John Baptiste Charles Lucas

John Baptiste Charles Lucas ( born August 14, 1758 in Pont- Audemer, Normandy, France, † August 17 1842 in St. Louis, Missouri ) was an American politician. Between 1803 and 1805 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Lucas grew up during the Ancien Régime in France. He studied until 1782 in Paris and Caen Jura and then worked until 1784 in his profession. In that year he emigrated to America, where he settled in Pittsburgh. In his new home, he worked in agriculture. He also embarked on a political career. Between 1792 and 1798 he was a delegate in the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. In 1794 he also worked as an appellate judge. Politically, he was a member of the end of the 1790s by Thomas Jefferson founded the Democratic-Republican Party.

In the congressional elections of 1802 Lucas was in the eleventh electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1803. After a re-election, he could remain until his resignation in 1805 in Congress. During his time as a congressman, the territory of the United States has been considerably enlarged in 1803 by the investments made by President Jefferson Louisiana Purchase. In 1804, the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified.

In 1805, Lucas moved to St. Louis, where he served until 1820 as a district judge. Until 1812 he was also land commissioner in the northern part of the Louisiana Territory, belonged to the St. Louis until 1812. After his tenure as District Judge John Lucas worked in St. Louis in agriculture. There he is on August 17, 1842 and passed away. He had six sons and one daughter. Five of these sons died a violent death. His son Charles was killed in a duel with U.S. Senator Thomas Hart Benton.