Joseph Lecompte

Joseph Lecompte (* December 15, 1797 in Woodford County, Kentucky, † April 25, 1851 in Henry County, Kentucky ) was an American politician. Between 1825 and 1833 he represented the state of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Still in its infancy drew Joseph Lecompte with his parents in the Henry County. The family settled in Lecomptes Bottom on the Kentucky River. There, Joseph attended the public schools. Later he worked in agriculture. During the British - American War he was a soldier in a unit from Kentucky. Lecompte also took part in the Battle of New Orleans. Politically he was first a member of the Democratic- Republican Party. In the 1820s he joined the movement to the future President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the founded this in 1828 the Democratic Party. Between 1819 and 1844 he was five times as a deputy in the House of Representatives from Kentucky. He was also a major in the state militia.

In the congressional elections of 1824 Lecompte in the sixth constituency of Kentucky was in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of David White on March 4, 1825. After three re- elections, he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1833 four legislative sessions. These were initially minted between the fierce debate between supporters of President John Quincy Adams and those of Andrew Jackson. 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.

1832 renounced Joseph Lecompte on a bid again. In the following years he worked again in agriculture. In 1850 he was a delegate at a conference on the revision of the Constitution of Kentucky. He died on 25 April 1851.