Thomas Chilton

Thomas Chilton (* July 30, 1798 in Lancaster, Garrard County, Kentucky; † August 15, 1854 in Montgomery, Texas ) was an American politician. Between 1827 and 1835 he represented two times the state of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Thomas Chilton attended the public schools in Paris. After a subsequent study of law and qualifying as a lawyer, he began to practice in his new profession in Owingsville. At the same time he embarked on a political career. In 1819 he was elected to the House of Representatives from Kentucky. At that time he moved his residence to Elizabethtown.

After the death of Congressman William Singleton Young came in the eleventh constituency for elections, the first John Calhoon won against Chilton. And when it was come to irregularities, the election was repeated. This time, won Chilton, who took up his new mandate in Congress on 22 December 1827. After a re-election at the regular elections of 1828 could Chilton 1831 represented his district in the U.S. House of Representatives until March 3. For the 1830 elections, he was not confirmed. At that time he was a follower of Andrew Jackson. He was a member of the Democratic Party.

Early 1830s Chilton had a falling out with Jackson and his party. After his Auuscheiden from Congress, he practiced as a lawyer first again. In 1832 he was an elector in the presidential elections. He voted for Henry Clay, who ran unsuccessfully against President Jackson. In the congressional elections of 1832 Chilton was a candidate short-lived National Republican Party in the sixth district of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Joseph Lecompte on March 4, 1833. Since he resigned in 1834 to run again, he was able to complete only one more term in Congress until March 3, 1835. This was determined by the heated debate surrounding the policy of Jackson. It was about the controversial implementation of the Indian Removal Act, which Nullifikationskrise with the State of South Carolina and the Bank's policy.

After his final retirement from Congress Chilton initially worked as a lawyer again. He was also active in the ecclesiastical field. He moved to Talladega in Alabama. In his new home state in 1841, he led a conference of his Baptist church, which was held in Montgomery. Eventually he gave in favor of his religious activities on his legal profession. Since 1851 he worked as a chaplain in Houston and later in Montgomery (Texas ). He is also passed in 1854.

Thomas Chilton considered as co-author of the memoirs of his friend David Crockett. He was the grandfather of Horace Chilton (1853-1932), who represented 1891-1901 twice the State of Texas in the U.S. Senate. He was also the father of Congressman Franklin Welsh Bowdon (1817-1857) from Alabama.