Nehemiah Eastman

Nehemiah Eastman ( born June 16, 1782 Gilmanton, Belknap County, New Hampshire; † January 11, 1856 in Farmington, New Hampshire ) was an American politician. Between 1825 and 1827 he represented the State of New Hampshire in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Nemiah Eastman attended primary school in his native town of Gilmanton. After studying law and its made ​​in 1807 admitted to the bar he began in Farmington to work in his new profession. He also began a political career. In 1813 he was a member of the House of Representatives of New Hampshire; 1820-1825 he was a member of the State Senate. After the dissolution of the Democratic-Republican Party mid- 1820s he joined the short-lived National Republican Party, which supported President John Quincy Adams, and in opposition to Andrew Jackson and was the Democratic Party.

In the congressional elections of 1824, which were held all across the state, Eastman was for the third parliamentary seat from New Hampshire in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he entered on March 4, 1825, the successor of Matthew Harvey. But until March 3, 1827 he was able to complete only one term in Congress. This period was overshadowed by the intense political discussions between the two warring political camps. After the end of his time in the House of Representatives Eastman again worked as a lawyer. Politically, he is no more have appeared. Nehemiah Eastman died on January 11, 1856 in Farmington, where he was also buried. He was the uncle of Ira Allen Eastman, who was also sitting 1839-1843 for New Hampshire in Congress.