Joseph M. Harper

Joseph Morrill Harper ( * June 21, 1787 in Limerick, York County, Massachusetts, † January 15, 1865 in Canterbury, New Hampshire ) was an American politician. Between 1831 and 1835, he represented the State of New Hampshire in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Born in present-day Maine Joseph Harper attended the common schools and then studied medicine. After qualifying as a doctor he started from 1810 in Sanbornton (New Hampshire) to work in his new profession. In 1811 he moved to Canterbury, where he also practiced as a doctor. During the British - American War of 1812 Harper military doctor was in an infantry unit from New Hampshire.

Politically, Harper became a follower of the future President Andrew Jackson and member of the Democratic Party, founded by this. In the years 1826-1827 he was a member of the House of Representatives of New Hampshire; 1829 to 1831 he was a member of the State Senate, which he was president in 1831. In this capacity he served from February to June in 1831 as governor of his state after the incumbent Matthew Harvey had resigned. Since 1826 until his death he was among his other political activities justices of the peace in his home town of Canterbury.

In the congressional elections of 1830, which were held all across the state, Harper was the fourth parliamentary seat from New Hampshire in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he met on March 4, 1831 the successor of Jonathan Harvey. He was until June of the same year at the same time Congressman and current Governor of New Hampshire. This overlap can be explained only by the fact that Congress did not meet until later in the year 1831 his konstitutionierenden session. After a re-election in 1832, Harper was able to complete in 1835 two coherent legislative sessions in Congress until March 3, which were determined by the discussions about the policy of President Jackson. It was about the banking policy and Nullifikationskrise with the State of South Carolina.

After the end of his time in the House of Representatives Harper again practiced as a doctor and was still magistrates in Canterbury. Between 1847 and 1856 he was also president of the Mechanic's Bank of Concord. Joseph Harper died on 15 January 1865 in Canterbury.