John Archer (Maryland)
John Archer ( * May 5, 1741 in Churchville, Harford County, Maryland, † September 28, 1810 ) was an American politician. Between 1801 and 1807 he represented the state of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Career
John Archer was the father of Congressman Stevenson Archer (1786-1848) and the grandfather of Stevenson Archer II (1827-1898), who also represented the state of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives. He attended the West Nottingham Academy in Cecil County and then to 1760 the Princeton College. He then studied theology. Due to an illness of his voice, he could not exercise the profession of clergyman. For this reason he studied until 1768 at the College of Philadelphia medicine. He received the first medical diploma in the Americas at all. Since 1769 Archer practiced in Harford County in his new profession.
At the beginning of the American Revolution, he joined the movement. From 1774 to 1776 he was a member of a Revolutionary Committee. In 1776 he was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of Maryland. From 1777 to 1779 he sat in the local parliament. At the beginning of the Revolutionary War put Archer on a company. During the war he served in the Continental Army, in which he rose to be Major. In 1799 he founded together with his son Thomas, the medical and surgical Faculty of Maryland.
End of the 1790s Archer joined, founded by the later U.S. President Thomas Jefferson Democratic- Republican Party. In the congressional elections of 1800 he was in the sixth electoral district of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Gabriel Christie on March 4, 1801. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1807 three legislative periods. During his time as a Member of the territory of the United States has been considerably enlarged in 1803 by the Louisiana Purchase. 1804, the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified.
After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, John Archer withdrew from politics. He died on September 28, 1810 at his estate Medical Hall near Churchville, where he was also buried.