John Laporte

John Laporte (* November 4, 1798 in Asylum, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, † August 22, 1862 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1833 and 1837 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Laporte attended the public schools of his home. In 1827 and 1828 he was Bezirksrevisor in Bradford County. 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. Between 1828 and 1832 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania; since 1831 he was its president.

In the congressional elections of 1832 Laporte was in the 17th electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John Gilmore on March 4, 1833. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1837 two legislative sessions. During this time it was discussed within and outside the Congress much about the policies of President Andrew Jackson. In 1836 he renounced a new Congress candidacy.

Between 1837 and 1845 Laporte was an Associate Justice in Bradford County. He was also involved in the development of the North Branch Canal. From 1845 to 1851 he headed the Land Survey Authority of the State of Pennsylvania. Since 1852 until his death he worked in Towanda in the banking industry. He died on August 22, 1862 in Philadelphia.