Zadok Casey

Zadok Casey (* March 7, 1796 in Greene County, Georgia, † September 4, 1862 in Caseyville, Illinois ) was an American politician. Between 1833 and 1843 he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Zadok Casey attended the public schools of his home. In 1819 he moved to the Jefferson County, Illinois, where he worked as a farmer. In his new home, he embarked on a political career. Between 1822 and 1826 he was a delegate in the House of Representatives from Illinois; 1826 to 1830 he was in the state Senate. Between 1830 and 1833 he was vice- governor of Illinois. In 1832 he took part in the Black Hawk War. In the 1820s he joined the movement to the later U.S. President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the Democratic Party, founded in 1828 by this.

In the congressional elections of 1832 Casey was in the then newly established second electoral district of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1833. After four elections he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1843 five legislative sessions. In 1840 he was re-elected as an independent candidate. 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. The time from 1841 was marked by the tensions between President John Tyler and the Whig Party. It was also at that time already been discussed about a possible annexation of the independent Republic of Texas since 1836 by Mexico. From 1837 to 1839 Casey was Chairman of the Committee for the administration of public property. After that, he was chairman of the committee which dealt with private land claims.

1842 Zadok Casey was not re-elected. In the years 1848 and 1860 he was a delegate at meetings to revise the Constitution of Illinois. Between 1848 and 1852 he was again a deputy in the House of Representatives of his State. After that, he was from 1860 to 1862 and again a state senator. He died on 4 September 1862 in Caseyville.