John Eager Howard
John Eager Howard (June 4, 1752 – October 12, 1827) was an American soldier and politician from Maryland. He was elected as governor of the state in 1788, and served three one-year terms. He also was elected to the Continental Congress, the Congress of the Confederation, the United States Senate, and the Maryland Senate. In the 1816 presidential election, Howard received 22 electoral votes for vice president on the Federalist Party ticket with Rufus King; the ticket lost to Democratic-Republicans James Monroe and Daniel D. Tompkins in a landslide.
John Eager Howard | |
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Oil painting of John Eager Howard by Charles Willson Peale (1823) | |
| President pro tempore of the United States Senate | |
| In office November 21, 1800 – November 27, 1800 | |
| Preceded by | Uriah Tracy |
| Succeeded by | James Hillhouse |
| United States Senator from Maryland | |
| In office November 21, 1796 – March 3, 1803 | |
| Preceded by | Richard Potts |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Smith |
| 5th Governor of Maryland | |
| In office November 24, 1788 – November 14, 1791 | |
| Preceded by | William Smallwood |
| Succeeded by | George Plater |
| Member of the Maryland Senate | |
| In office 1791–1795 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Eager Howard June 4, 1752 Baltimore County, Maryland, British America |
| Died | October 12, 1827 (aged 75) Baltimore County, Maryland, U.S. |
| Resting place | Old Saint Paul's Cemetery, (of Old St. Paul's Episcopal Church, cemetery at West Lombard Street and modern Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard |
| Political party | Federalist |
| Spouse |
Peggy Chew
(m. 1787; died 1824) |
| Children | 9, including George, Benjamin, and William |
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Howard County, Maryland, is named for him, as are three streets in Baltimore. For seven days in November 1800, Howard was president pro tempore of the Senate.
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