John Truman Stoddert

John Truman Stoddert ( born October 1, 1790 in Nanjemoy, Charles County, Maryland, † July 19, 1870 in Charles County ) was an American politician. Between 1833 and 1835 he represented the state of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Stoddert received a private education and then studied until 1810 at the Princeton College. After a subsequent study of law and qualifying as a lawyer, he began to work in this profession. He also took active part in the British -American War of 1812. After that, he embarked on a political career. In 1820 he was elected to the House of Representatives of Maryland. In the 1820s he joined Andrew Jackson and became a member of the Democratic Party, founded in 1828 by this.

In the congressional elections of 1832 Stoddert was in the eighth election district of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John S. Spence on March 4, 1833. Until March 3, 1835, he was able to complete a term in Congress. Since the inauguration of 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.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, John Stoddert operated in agriculture. He died on July 19, 1870 at his estate in Charles County Wicomico House, where he was also buried.