Spencer Pettis

Spencer Pettis
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's at-large district
In office
March 4, 1829 – August 28, 1831
Preceded byEdward Bates
Succeeded byWilliam Henry Ashley
Secretary of State of Missouri
In office
1826–1828
GovernorJohn Miller
Preceded byHamilton Rowan Gamble
Succeeded byPriestly H. McBride
Personal details
Born
Spencer Darwin Pettis

1802 (1802)
Culpeper County, Virginia, U.S.
DiedAugust 28, 1831(1831-08-28) (aged 28–29)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic-Republican (before 1825)
Jacksonian (1825–1831)
RelativesFontaine H. Pettis (brother)

Spencer Darwin Pettis (1802 – August 28, 1831) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri, serving from 1828 until his death in 1831. He was also the fourth Missouri Secretary of State. Pettis is best known for being a participant in a fatal duel with Major Thomas Biddle. Pettis County, Missouri, is named in his honor.[1]

  1. ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1917). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 339.