Stevenson Archer (politician, 1786)

Stevenson Archer

Stevenson Archer (born October 11, 1786 in Churchville , Harford County , Maryland , †  June 26, 1848 ibid) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1811 and 1819 he twice represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Stevenson Archer came from a well-known family of politicians: Both his father John Archer (1741-1810) and his son Stevenson (1827-1898) represented the State of Maryland in the US House of Representatives. He attended Nottingham Academy and then studied at Princeton College until 1805 . After completing a law degree and being admitted to the bar in 1808, he began to work in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Republican Party . He served in the Maryland House of Representatives in 1809 and 1810 .

After the resignation of MP John Montgomery , Archer was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he took up his new mandate on October 26, 1811. After two re-elections, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1817 . During this time, the British-American War of 1812 fell , in which he took part as a militia unit paymaster despite his membership in parliament. From 1813 to 1815 Archer was chairman of the Committee on Claims ; from 1815 to 1817 he headed the Ministry of Navy spending control committee.

In 1817, Archer became a federal judge in the Mississippi Territory . After just under a year he returned to Maryland, where he practiced as a lawyer again. In 1818 he was re-elected to Congress, where he was able to complete another legislative period between March 4, 1819 and March 3, 1821 as the successor to Philip Reed . During this time he was again chairman of the Committee on Control of the Navy Ministry. From 1823 Stevenson Archer was a judge in Baltimore and Harford Counties; from 1844 he served as chief judge at the Maryland Court of Appeals . He died on June 26, 1848 on the Medical Hall estate near Churchville, where he was also born.

Web links

• Stevenson Archer in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Stevenson Archer in the database of Find a Grave (English)