Virginia State Legislator Essay

I was born on March 29, 1790. I was born in a wealthy family with my fellow 7 siblings. We all received the highest education possible at the time. My mother died was I was only 7, resulting in me being close to my father. During my late teens and early adulthood, my father was the Governor of Virginia. At age 15, I entered the College of William and Mary and studied law like my father. I became a lawyer at age 19. When the war of 1812 formed, I was on United States of America’s side. I helped form a militia to fight Britain. In March of 1813, I married Letitia Christian. My wife did not care for my political side as she only visited Washington once and she mostly stayed in our family’s plantation. We had 8 children together (one who died as an infant).

I favored state rights and I opposed the U,S, Constitution as well as any policies that allowed the federal government to become more powerful. Two years later I returned again to being a Virginia State Legislator, only to leave to become the Governor of Virginia. As the governor I wrote former President Thomas Jefferson’s eulogy. Once again ranking my way up, I became a senator of Virginia in 1827. In the senate I assisted in vetoing the Second National Bank bill. I opposed Andrew Jackson’s policies and in 1834 the senate tried to remove Andrew Jackson from being president. Two years later, I resigned from being a senator.

In the 1836 election, William Henry Harrison ran for president and I ran for Vice President. We unfortunately lost to Martin Van Buren. We waited until the 1840 election and together we reattempted. This time, we significantly won the electoral votes by almost a four to one ratio. Two months after the election, President William Henry Harrison died and I became the President