William Baylies

William Baylies ( born September 15, 1776 in Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, † September 27, 1865 in Taunton, Massachusetts ) was an American politician. Between 1809 and 1835 he represented several times the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William Baylies was the older brother of Congressman Francis Baylies ( 1783-1852 ). He studied until 1795 at Brown University in Providence (Rhode Iceland ). After studying law and qualifying as a lawyer, he began in 1799 to work in Bridgewater in this profession. Politically, he was a member of the late 1790s, founded by Alexander Hamilton Federalist Party. Between 1808 and 1813 he was several times as a delegate in the House of Representatives from Massachusetts. In the years 1825 and 1826, he was a member of the State Senate.

In the congressional elections of 1808 Baylies was in the seventh election district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Joseph Barker on March 4, 1809. His opponent Charles Turner put but against the election of 1808 opposition. As this was met, Baylies had to cede his position to Turner on June 28, 1809. In the 1812 elections Baylies was re-elected in the seventh district of his state in Congress, where he replaced 1813 Turner again on March 4. After a re-election he was able to complete two terms 1817 to March 3. These were initially shaped by the events of the British - American War of 1812. Since 1815, he represented the eighth district of his state.

In the years 1820 and 1821 Baylies was again a deputy in the House of Representatives from Massachusetts; 1830-1831 he was again in the state Senate. In the 1820s he joined the movement against the future President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the National Republican Party. In the elections of 1832 Baylies was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives again in the tenth electoral district of Massachusetts, where he graduated last legislative period between 4 March 1833 to 3 March 1835. 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. In 1834, Baylies was not re-elected. After the end of his time in Congress, he practiced as a lawyer again. He died on 27 September 1865 in Taunton.