Richard Spencer (Maryland)

Richard Spencer (* October 29, 1796 in Talbot County, Maryland, † September 3, 1868 in Mobile, Alabama ) was an American politician. Between 1829 and 1831 he represented the state of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Richard Spencer attended the public schools of his home. After a subsequent law school in Baltimore, and his 1819 was admitted as a lawyer, he began to work in this profession. In 1822 he moved to his farm near Solitude St. Michaels, where he worked in agriculture. At the same time he embarked on a political career. Between 1823 and 1825 he sat in the House of Representatives from Maryland. He also dealt with literary activities. Between 1828 and 1834 Spencer was the owner of the newspaper Eastern Shore Whig. In the 1820s he joined the movement to the future President Andrew Jackson and later became a member of the Democratic Party, founded by this.

In the congressional elections of 1828 Spencer was in the seventh election district of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John Leeds Kerr on March 4, 1829. Since he has not been confirmed in 1830, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1831. 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.

Between 1833 and 1834 Richard Spencer was again a deputy in the State Parliament of Maryland. In 1837 he moved to Georgia, where he worked as a cotton planter. Since 1852 he lived on his plantation Cottage Hill near Mobile. There he died on 3 September 1868.