John Varnum

John Varnum ( born June 25, 1778 in Dracut, Massachusetts, † July 23, 1836 in Niles, Michigan ) was an American politician. Between 1825 and 1831 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Varnum studied until 1798 at Harvard University. After studying law and his 1802 was admitted to the bar he began to work in Haverhill in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Federalist Party, a political career. In 1811 he was elected to the Massachusetts Senate. He later moved to Lowell. In the 1820s he joined the movement against the later U.S. President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the National Republican Party.

In the congressional elections of 1824 Varnum in the third constituency of Massachusetts was in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Jeremiah Nelson on March 4, 1825. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1831 three legislative periods. 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.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Varnum initially returned to Lowell. Later he moved to Niles, Michigan, where he died on 23 July 1836.

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