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Stevenson Archer (1786–1848)
Stevenson Archer (October 11, 1786 – June 26, 1848) was a judge and United States Representative from Maryland, representing the sixth district from 1811 to 1817, and the seventh district from 1819 to 1821. His son Stevenson Archer and father John Archer were also U.S. Congressmen from Maryland. Early life Archer was born at ''Medical Hall'', near Churchville, Maryland on October 11, 1786 to Catherine (née Harris) and John Archer. He attended Nottingham Academy of Maryland, later graduating from Princeton College in 1805. He studied law, was admitted to the bar of Harford County, Maryland in 1808, and commenced practice the same year. Career From 1809 to 1810, Archer served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, and was later elected as a Democrat-Republican to the Twelfth United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Montgomery. He was reelected to the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Congresses and served from October 26, 1811 unt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States House Of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the Lower house, lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the United States Senate, Senate being the Upper house, upper chamber. Together they comprise the national Bicameralism, bicameral legislature of the United States. The House's composition was established by Article One of the United States Constitution. The House is composed of representatives who, pursuant to the Uniform Congressional District Act, sit in single member List of United States congressional districts, congressional districts allocated to each U.S. state, state on a basis of population as measured by the United States Census, with each district having one representative, provided that each state is entitled to at least one. Since its inception in 1789, all representatives have been directly elected, although universal suffrage did not come to effect until after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
War Hawk
In politics, a war hawk, or simply hawk, is someone who favors war or continuing to escalate an existing conflict as opposed to other solutions. War hawks are the opposite of doves. The terms are derived by analogy with the birds of the same name: hawks are predators that attack and eat other animals, whereas doves mostly eat seeds and fruit and are historically a symbol of peace. Historical group The term "war hawk" was coined in 1792 and was often used to ridicule politicians who favored a pro-war policy in peacetime. Historian Donald R. Hickey found 129 uses of the term in American newspapers before late 1811, mostly from Federalists warning against Democratic-Republican foreign policy. Some antiwar Democratic-Republicans used it, such as Virginia Congressman John Randolph of Roanoke. There was never any "official" roster of War Hawks; as Hickey notes, "Scholars differ over who (if anyone) ought to be classified as a War Hawk." However, most historians use the term to des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chief Judge Of The Maryland Court Of Appeals
The following are chronological lists of judges and chief judges of the Supreme Court of Maryland, known before December 14, 2022 as the Maryland Court of Appeals. List of chief judges List of all judges *Benjamin Rumsey, 1778–1806 * Benjamin Mackall IV 1778–1806 * Thomas Jones, 1778–1806 * Solomon Wright, 1778–1792 * James Murray, 1778–1784 *Richard Potts, 1801–1806 * Littleton Dennis Jr., 1801–1806 *John Thomson Mason, 1806–1806 *Jeremiah Chase, 1806–1824 * James Tilghman, 1806–1809 * William Polk, 1806–1812 * Richard Sprigg Jr., 1806 * Joseph Hopper Nicholson, 1806–1817 *John Mackall Gantt, 1806–1811 * John Buchanan, 1806–1844 * Richard Tilghman Earle, 1809–1834 *John Johnson Sr., 1811–1821 * John Done, 1812–1814 *William Bond Martin, 1814–1835 * Walter Dorsey, 1817–1823 *John Stephen, 1822–1844 * Stevenson Archer, 1823–1848 *Thomas Beale Dorsey, 1824–1851 *Ezekiel F. Chambers, 1834–1851 * Ara Spence, 1835–1851 * William B. Sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Buchanan (Maryland Judge)
John Buchanan (1772–November 6, 1844) was a Maryland politician and long-serving Justice of the Maryland Court of Appeals, sitting on the court from 1806 to 1844, and serving as chief justice from 1824 to 1844. Biography John Buchanan was born in 1772, in Prince George's County, Maryland to Thomas Buchanan and Mary Cook or Anne Cooke Buchanan. He attended Charlotte Hall School in St. Mary's County, Maryland. He read law under Judge Robert White in Winchester, Virginia and John Thomson Mason in Hagerstown, Maryland.Archives of Maryland (Biographical Series), John Buchanan (1772-1844) ''Maryland State Archives'' (October 7, 2002), MSA SC 3520-1622. Buchanan served in the |
Robert Wright (Maryland Politician)
Robert Wright (November 20, 1752September 7, 1826) was an American politician and a soldier who fought in the American Revolutionary War. Early life Wright was born at Narborough, near Chestertown, Maryland, and attended the Kent Free School (later Washington College) of Chestertown. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1773, and commenced practice in Chestertown. Career He served in the Maryland militia during the American Revolutionary War as private, lieutenant, and later as captain. After the war, he served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1784 to 1786, and as a member of the Maryland State Senate in 1801. In 1800, Wright was elected as a Democratic Republican to the United States Senate on November 19, 1801, for the term commencing March 4, 1801. In the Senate, Wright served as delegate to the Farmers’ National Convention in 1803. He resigned from the Senate on November 12, 1806, having been elected the 12th Governor of Maryland, a positi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Reed (politician)
Philip Reed (1760November 2, 1829) was a United States Senator representing Maryland from 1806 to 1813. American Revolution Born near Chestertown in the Province of Maryland in 1760, Reed completed preparatory studies and served with the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, attaining the rank of captain of infantry. He participated in the Battle of Stony Point in 1779, and later attested to having cut off the head of an American deserter so that it could be displayed to the troops as a deterrent. Reed was seriously wounded at the Battle of Camden in 1780. He was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates in 1787, sheriff of Kent County, Maryland from 1791 to 1794, and also member of the executive council of Maryland from 1805 to 1806. War of 1812 Reed was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the United States Senate in 1806 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Robert Wright. He was reelected the same year and served from November 25, 1806, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Culbreth
Thomas Culbreth (April 13, 1786 – April 16, 1843) was an American politician. Born in Kent County, Delaware, eight miles northeast of Greensboro, Maryland, Cubreth attended the public schools and studied under private tutors. He moved to Denton, Maryland, in 1806 and was a clerk in a store there. He became a member of the local party committee at Hillsboro in 1810, and was elected as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates in 1812 and 1813. He was also cashier of the State Bank at Denton in 1813. Culbreth was elected from the sixth district of Maryland as a Democratic-Republican to the Fifteenth Congress and reelected to the Sixteenth Congress, serving in the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1821. After two terms in office, he declined to run for re-election. He was appointed chief judge of the Caroline County orphans’ court in 1822 and was clerk of the executive council of Maryland from 1825 to 1838. He resided in Annapolis, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Montgomery (Maryland Politician)
John Montgomery (1764 – July 17, 1828) was an American lawyer from Baltimore, Maryland. He represented the sixth district of Maryland in the U.S. Congress from 1807 until 1811. He served as the Attorney General of Maryland from 1811 to 1818 and Mayor of Baltimore from 1820 to 1822 and 1824 to 1826. Early life Montgomery was born in Carlisle in the Province of Pennsylvania in 1764. He was the son of John Montgomery, a member of the Continental Congress during the American Revolution. Montgomery was educated in Carlisle, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1791 and moved to Harford County, Maryland to begin a practice. Career A Democratic-Republican, Montgomery served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1793 to 1798. From 1793 to 1796 he was Harford County's State's Attorney. In 1806, Montgomery was a successful candidate for Congress. He won reelection in 1808 and 1810, and served in the 10th, 11th, and 12th Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1807 until h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maryland Court Of Appeals
The Supreme Court of Maryland is the state supreme court, highest court of the U.S. state of Maryland. Its name was changed on December 14, 2022, from the Maryland Court of Appeals, after a voter-approved change to the state constitution. The court, which is composed of one chief justice and six associate justices, meets in the Robert C. Murphy (judge), Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal Building in the state capital, Annapolis, Maryland, Annapolis. The term of the Court begins the second Monday of September. The Court is unique among American courts in that the justices wear red robes. Functions As Maryland's highest court, the Supreme Court of Maryland reviews cases of both major and minor importance. Throughout the year, the Supreme Court of Maryland holds hearings on the adoption or amendment of rules of practice and procedure. It also supervises the Attorney Grievance Commission and State Board of Law Examiners in attorney disciplinary and admission matters. The Chief Justice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Pratt (Maryland Politician)
Thomas George Pratt (February 18, 1804November 9, 1869) was a lawyer and politician from Annapolis, Maryland. He was the List of Governors of Maryland, 27th governor of Maryland from 1845 to 1848 and a United States Senate, U.S. senator from 1850 to 1857. Early life and career Pratt was born in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.), completed preparatory studies, and attended Georgetown University. He is believed to have attended the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) at some point, but this has yet to be proven. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, in 1823. Pratt married and had five children with Adeline MacKubin Kent, daughter of Maryland governor Joseph Kent, on September 1, 1835. Pratt served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1832 to 1835, and as a presidential elector on the United States Whig Party, Whig ticket for William Henry Harrison ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore ( , locally: or ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, fourth most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic, and the 30th most populous city in the United States with a population of 585,708 in 2020. Baltimore was designated an independent city by the Constitution of Maryland in 1851, and today is the most populous independent city in the United States. As of 2021, the population of the Baltimore metropolitan area was estimated to be 2,838,327, making it the 20th largest metropolitan area in the country. Baltimore is located about north northeast of Washington, D.C., making it a principal city in the Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area (CSA), the third-largest CSA in the nation, with a 2021 estimated population of 9,946,526. Prior to European colonization, the Baltimore region was used as hunting grounds by the Susquehannock Native Americans, who were primarily settled further northwest than where the city was later built. Colonis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baltimore County, Maryland
Baltimore County ( , locally: or ) is the third-most populous county in the U.S. state of Maryland and is part of the Baltimore metropolitan area. Baltimore County (which partially surrounds, though does not include, the independent City of Baltimore) is part of the Northeast megalopolis, which stretches from Northern Virginia northward to Boston. Baltimore County hosts a diversified economy, with particular emphasis on education, government, and health care. As of the 2020 census, the population was 854,535. The county is home to multiple universities, including Goucher College, Stevenson University, Towson University, and University of Maryland, Baltimore County. History The name "Baltimore" derives from Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore (1605–1675), the proprietor of the new colony in the Province of Maryland, and the town of Baltimore in County Cork, Ireland. The earliest known documentary record of the county is dated January 12, 1659, when a writ was issued on be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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