John Crompton Weems (August 11, 1777January 20, 1862) was an American politician. Born in 1777Parish Registers of Anne Arundel Co., MD 16th and 17th Century
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Calvert County, Maryland Calvert County is located in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 census, the population was 92,783. Its county seat is Prince Frederick. The county's name is derived from the family name of the Barons of Baltimore, the proprietors of t ...

, Weems attended St. John's College of

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, and engaged in planting. He was elected to the Nineteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of

Joseph Kent Joseph Kent (January 14, 1779November 24, 1837), a Whig, was a United States Senator from Maryland, serving from 1833 until his death in 1837. He also served in the House of Representatives, serving the second district of Maryland from 1811 to ...

, was reelected to the Twentieth Congress, and served from February 1, 1826, to March 3, 1829. He resumed agricultural pursuits afterwards, and died on his plantation, "Loch Eden", in

Anne Arundel County, Maryland Anne Arundel County (; ), also notated as AA or A.A. County, is located in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 United States census, its population was 588,261, an increase of just under 10% since 2010. Its county seat is Annapolis, whi ...

. He is interred in a private cemetery on his estate.

External links

Weems Family papers
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1777 births 1862 deaths 19th-century American politicians Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland {{Maryland-politician-stub