Archer family of Maryland
Note: This is just one of 686 family
groupings listed on The
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more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or
adoption.
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- John Archer (1741-1810) — of Maryland. Born in Cecil
County, Md., May 5,
1741. Father of Robert
Harris Archer and Stevenson
Archer (1786-1848); grandfather of Stevenson
Archer (1828-1898). Democrat. Physician;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1777, 1779-80; served in the
Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Presidential Elector
for Maryland, 1796;
U.S.
Representative from Maryland at-large, 1801-07. Presbyterian.
Died near Churchville, Harford
County, Md., September
28, 1810. Interment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, Churchville, Md.
- Robert Harris Archer (1775-1857) — of Baltimore,
Md.; Harford
County, Md. Born in Harford
County, Md., August
28, 1775. Son of John
Archer. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1800; orphan's court judge in Maryland,
1825-29. Presbyterian.
Died, of apoplexy,
May
19, 1857. Burial
location unknown.
- Stevenson Archer (1786-1848) — of Maryland. Born
near Churchville, Harford
County, Md., October
11, 1786. Son of John
Archer; father of Stevenson
Archer (1828-1898); grandfather of George
Earle Chamberlain. Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1809-10; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1811-17, 1819-21; judge of
Mississippi territorial supreme court, 1817-18; Judge,
Maryland Court of Appeals, 1823-48; died in office 1848. Presbyterian.
Died near Churchville, Harford
County, Md., June 26,
1848. Interment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, Churchville, Md.
- Stevenson Archer (1828-1898) — of Bel Air, Harford
County, Md. Born near Churchville, Harford
County, Md., February
28, 1828. Grandson of John
Archer; son of Stevenson
Archer (1786-1848). Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1854; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1867-75; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1868,
1876;
Maryland
state treasurer, 1886-90; Maryland
Democratic state chair, 1887-89. In April, 1890, following an investigation
which revealed a shortage
of $132,000, he was arrested,
removed
from office as State Treasurer, and charged
with embezzlement.
He pleaded
guilty and wrote to the court: "No part of the State's money or
securities was ever used by me in gambling, stock speculation, or for
political purposes; nor have I at this time one dollar of it left."
Sentenced
to five years in prison.
Due to his failing health, was pardoned
by Gov. Frank
Brown in May 1894. Died, in Baltimore City Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., August 2,
1898. Interment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, Churchville, Md.
- George Earle Chamberlain (1854-1928) — also known as
George E. Chamberlain — of Albany, Linn
County, Ore.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore. Born near Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., January
1, 1854. Grandson of Stevenson
Archer; son of Charles Thomson Chamberlain and Pamela A. (Archer)
Chamberlain; married, May 21,
1879, to Sarah Newman Welch. Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1880-84; Oregon
state attorney general, 1891-95; appointed 1891; Governor of
Oregon, 1903-09; resigned 1909; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1909-21; defeated, 1920; candidate for
Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1912.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi. Died in Washington,
D.C., July 9,
1928. Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political
graveyard."
Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February
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