John Eager Howard

John Eager Howard
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
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Born	John Eager Howard (1752-06-04)June 4, 1752 Baltimore County, Maryland, British America
Died	October 12, 1827(1827-10-12) (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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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.^[1] 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.

Howard County, Maryland, is named for him, as are three streets in Baltimore.^[2] For seven days in November 1800, Howard was president pro tempore of the Senate.