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Weaver was born in Dayton, Ohio. His father was a farmer. His family moved to Michigan in 1825Events January 4 King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies dies and is succeeded by his son Francis I of the Two Sicilies. February 9 After no presidential candidate received a majority of electoral votes, the United States House of Representatives elects John, and later established a farm in Bloomfield, IowaBloomfield is a city located in Davis County, Iowa. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 2,601. It is the county seat of Davis County 6. Geography Bloomfield is located at 40°45'4" North, 92°25'1" West (40. 751122, -92. According to t. Weaver studied law in Bloomfield then later at the Cincinnati Law SchooThe University of Cincinnati is located in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1819, Cincinnati College and the Medical College of Ohio were founded in Cincinnati. In 1870, the City of Cincinnati established the University of Cincinnati, absorbing Cincinnati College and. He established himself as a lawyerA lawyer or attorney at law is a person licensed by the state to advise clients in legal matters and represent them in courts of law and other legal agencies. Most countries today require professional law advisors in their judicial systems. Lawyers have m in Bloomfield. After reading Uncle Tom's CabinSimon Legree menaces Uncle Tom Uncle Tom's Cabin is a novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe which has slavery as one of its main themes. Many writers have credited this novel with doing much to inflame the passions of Northerners to work for the abolition of sla by Harriet Beecher StoweHarriet Beecher Stowe ( June 14, 1811 July 1, 1896) was an abolitionist, and writer of more than 10 books, the most famous being Uncle Tom's Cabin which describes life in slavery, and which was first published in serial form from 1851 to 1852 in an abolit, he became active in the abolitionist movement. After the start of the UnionThe Union was a name used by many to refer to the Northern states during the American Civil War. Besides the obvious fact that they were the remaining states left in the United States, the name seems also implied that the Southern states were disorganized in the American Civil War, he enlisted as a private in the Second Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry. In 1861 he received a commission as a lieutenant and fought at the Battle of Shiloh. By the end of the war, he had risen to the rank of brigadier general.
After the war he became active in Iowa politics as a member of the Republican Party. In 1866 he was elected district attorney of the Second Iowa Judicial District. On March 25, 1867, he was appoited a federal assessor of internal revenue by President Andrew Johnson.
Weaver became increasingly disechanted with the Republican Party and the presidential administration of Ulysses S. Grant, viewing it as under the control of big business at the expense of farmers and small businessment. He joined the Greenback Party, which advocated an expanded and flexible national currency based on the use of silver alonside gold, as well as an eight-hour work day, the taxation of government bonds, and a graduated income tax. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1878 on the Greenback ticket and served in the Forty-sixth Congress from 1879 to 1881.