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 U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Neither the exact date of birth nor the birthplace of Archibald Van Horne have survived. Also about his youth and schooling is not known. In 1798 he became an officer in the state militia of Maryland. In 1802 he was promoted to captain. At the same time he suggested as Mitglieg the Democratic-Republican Party launched a political career. Between 1801 and 1803, and again in 1805 he sat in the House of Representatives from Maryland, which he was president in 1805.

In the congressional elections of 1806 Van Horne was the second electoral district of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Leonard Covington on March 4, 1807. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1811 two legislative sessions. Since 1809 he was Chairman of the Committee for the administration of the Federal District District of Columbia.

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