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 Baltimore County, Maryland, U.S. | (aged 75)
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 | |
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.