John Kincaid

John Kincaid (* February 15, 1791 in Danville, Kentucky, † February 7, 1873 in Gallatin, Tennessee ) was an American politician. Between 1829 and 1831 he represented the state of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Kincaid attended the public schools of his home. After a subsequent study of law and qualifying as a lawyer, he started working at Stanford in this profession. He also worked as a prosecutor. In 1819 he was elected to the House of Representatives from Kentucky. In the 1820s he joined the movement to the future President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the Democratic Party, founded in 1828 by this.

In the congressional elections of 1828 Kincaid was in the seventh election district of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Thomas Patrick Moore on March 4, 1829. Until March 3, 1831, he completed a term in Congress. 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.

Between 1836 and 1837 Kincaid was again a deputy in the House of Representatives from Kentucky. During this time he also worked as a district judge. He then practiced as a lawyer again and began to work in agriculture. In 1870 he moved to Gallatin, Tennessee, where he died on 7 February 1873. He was buried in Danville.