Archibald Van Horne

Archibald Van Horne († 1817 in Prince George's County , Maryland ) was an American politician . Between 1807 and 1811 he represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Neither the exact date of birth nor the place of birth of Archibald Van Horne are known. Nothing is known about his youth and schooling either. In 1798 he became an officer in the Maryland State Militia. In 1802 he was promoted to captain. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Republican Party . Between 1801 and 1803 and again in 1805 he was a member of the Maryland House of Representatives , of which he was President in 1805.

In the 1806 congressional election , Van Horne was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the second constituency of Maryland , where he succeeded Leonard Covington on March 4, 1807 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1811 . From 1809 he was chairman of the District of Columbia Administration Committee .

Between 1814 and 1816, Van Horne was again a member of the Maryland House of Representatives. Then he was elected to the State Senate. He held this mandate until his death in 1817.

Web links

• Archibald Van Horne in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)