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 byUriah Tracy
Succeeded byJames Hillhouse
United States Senator
from Maryland
In office
November 21, 1796 – March 3, 1803
Preceded byRichard Potts
Succeeded bySamuel Smith
5th Governor of Maryland
In office
November 24, 1788 – November 14, 1791
Preceded byWilliam Smallwood
Succeeded byGeorge Plater
Member of the Maryland Senate
In office
1791–1795
Personal details
Born
John Eager Howard

(1752-06-04)June 4, 1752
Baltimore County, Maryland, British America
DiedOctober 12, 1827(1827-10-12) (aged 75)
Baltimore County, Maryland, U.S.
Resting placeOld Saint Paul's Cemetery, (of Old St. Paul's Episcopal Church, cemetery at West Lombard Street and modern Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
Political partyFederalist
Spouse
(m. 1787; died 1824)
Children9, 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.

  1. ^ United States Congress. "John Eager Howard (id: H000841)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
  2. ^ "Index to Politicians: Howard". The Political Graveyard. Lawrence Kestenbaum. Retrieved June 15, 2009.