Rufus McIntire
Rufus McIntire ( born December 19, 1784 in York, York County, Massachusetts, † April 28, 1866 in Parsonsfield, Maine ) was an American politician. Between 1827 and 1835, he represented the state of Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Career
Rufus McIntire attended the public schools of his home, which at that time was still part of Massachusetts, and then to 1809 Dartmouth College in Hanover (New Hampshire). After a subsequent study of law and its made in 1812 admitted to the bar, he began practicing in his new profession in Parsonsfield. During the British - American War of 1812 McIntire captain was an artillery company of the U.S. Army.
After the founding of Maine as a result of the Missouri Compromise Rufus McIntire was elected in 1820 in the House of Representatives of the new State. He was member of a commission to define the northern and north-eastern boundary of Maine. In the 1820s to McIntire joined the movement to the future President Andrew Jackson, from then in 1828 the Democratic Party was created, whose member he was.
After the death of Congressman William Burleigh in 1827 McIntire was the first electoral district of Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he came into effect on September 10, 1827 at its new mandate. After he was confirmed in each case in the following three regular congressional elections, he could remain until March 3, 1835 in Congress. This period was overshadowed by discussions on the policy of the incumbent since 1829 President Jackson. It was about the dispute to a Customs Act with the State of South Carolina, which led to Nullifikationskrise, the Indian Removal Act, which the President prevailed against the will of the Supreme Court, and to the Bank's policy of Jackson.
1837 McIntire ran unsuccessfully for the post of governor of Maine. In 1839 and 1840 he was employed by the land administration authority in Maine. In 1845 he was appointed by President James K. Polk to the U.S. Marshal for Maine. From 1853 to 1857 McIntire led the customs administration in the Port of Portland. Then he withdrew into retirement. Rufus McIntire was married twice and had ten children. He died in 1866 in Parsonsfield.