William G. Angel

William Gardner Angel ( born July 17, 1790 block Iceland, Rhode Iceland, † August 13 1858 in Angelica, New York ) was an American politician. Between 1825 and 1833 he represented two-time New York State in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1792, William Angel moved with his parents to a farm near Exeter in the State of New York, where he attended the public schools. At the same time he worked on the family farm. In 1807 he began to study medicine, which he dropped out after eight months without a degree. After a subsequent law degree in 1817 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he began practicing in Burlington in this profession. In the 1820s, he initially joined the movement against the future President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the short-lived National Republican Party.

In the congressional elections of 1824 Angel in the 13th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Isaac Williams on March 4, 1825. Until March 3, 1827 he was able to complete a term in Congress. This was determined by discussions between supporters of President John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay and Andrew Jackson.

After the end of his first term in the U.S. House of Representatives William Angel joined the group of Andrew Jackson, from which emerged the Democratic Party in 1828. In the elections of 1828 he was re-elected in the 13th district of his state in the U.S. House of Representatives. There he took over from the March 4, 1829 Samuel Chase, who was two years earlier become his successor. After a re-election Angel could spend up to 3 March 1833, two other legislative periods in Congress. 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.

After his final retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives William Angel worked as a lawyer in Hammondsport. In 1846, he participated as a delegate to a constitutional convention of his state; In 1847 he became a judge in Allegany County. This office he held until 1851. He died on August 13, 1858 in Angelica.