Philander Stephens

Philander Stephens (* 1788 in Montrose, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, † July 8, 1842 probably in Springville, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1829 and 1833 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Philander Stephens received only limited education and worked in agriculture and trade. In 1815 he was coroner, and in 1818 he was in his native county council. Three years later, in 1821, he became sheriff. In the 1820s, Stephens joined the movement to the later U.S. President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the Democratic Party, founded in 1828 by this. Between 1824 and 1825 he was a delegate in the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

In the congressional elections of 1828 Stephens was the ninth constituency of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Samuel McKean on March 4, 1829. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1833 two legislative sessions. Since 1831 he was chairman of the Committee for the control of the Treasury. 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 Philander Stephens on another Congress candidate. In the following years he worked again in agriculture and trade. He died on July 8, 1842, probably in Springville.