John Westbrook (Pennsylvania)

John Westbrook ( born January 9, 1789 Sussex County, New Jersey; † October 8, 1852 in Dingmans Ferry, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1841 and 1843 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1792, John Westbrook came with his parents in the Pike County in Pennsylvania, where the family settled near the village of Dingmans Ferry. He then attended private schools. Later he worked in the lumber business and in agriculture. In 1812 he was a colonel in the state militia in 1817 he was sheriff in Pike County. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party. In 1833 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

In the congressional elections of 1840 Westbrook was in the seventh election district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of David Douglas Wagener on March 4, 1841. Since he resigned in 1842 to further candidacy, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1843. This period was characterized by the tensions between President John Tyler and the Whigs. It was also at that time already been discussed about a possible annexation of the independent Republic of Texas since 1836 by Mexico.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, John Westbrook operated again in agriculture. He died on October 8, 1852 near Dingmans Ferry.