William Addams

William Addams (* April 11, 1777 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, † May 30, 1858 in Springfield, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1825 and 1829 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

About the youth and education of William Addams nothing is handed down. He moved to the Berks County, where he settled near the town of Reading. Between 1813 and 1814 he was Bezirksrevisor ( County Auditor ) and from 1814 to 1817 he was a member of the local District Council. Politically, Addams was a member of the Democratic- Republican Party. In the 1820s he joined the movement to the future President Andrew Jackson. Between 1822 and 1824 he was a delegate in the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

In the congressional elections of 1824 Addams was the seventh constituency of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Daniel Udree on March 4, 1825. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1829 two legislative sessions. This period was marked by heated debate between the supporters of Andrew Jackson and those of President John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay. In 1828, William Addams was not nominated for re-election.

After retiring from Congress Addams was a member of the Committee for the blind and deaf in the states of New York and Ohio. Between 1839 and 1842 he acted as a judge in Berks County, suggesting an earlier study of law. He was also captain of the militia of the town of Reading. He also dealt with agricultural matters. He died on 30 May 1858 in Spring.