Patrick H. Pope

Patrick Hamilton Pope ( born March 17, 1806 Louisville, Kentucky, † May 4, 1841 ) was an American politician. Between 1833 and 1835, he represented the state of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Patrick Pope attended the public schools of his home and then the St. Joseph's College in Bardstown. After a subsequent law degree in 1827 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he started in Louisville to work in this profession. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party. In 1832 he refused the position it is transmitted to the Secretary of State of Kentucky.

In the congressional elections of 1832 Pope was in the eighth election district of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Nathan Gaither on 4 March 1833. Since he lost to William J. Graves of the Whig Party in the elections of 1834, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1835. Since the inauguration of President Andrew 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 his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives Patrick Pope again practiced as a lawyer. In 1836 he became a deputy in the House of Representatives from Kentucky. He died on May 4, 1841 in his hometown of Louisville, where he was also buried.

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