RARE "Maryland Congressman" John S. Spence Clipped Signature For Sale
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RARE "Maryland Congressman" John S. Spence Clipped Signature:
$209.99
Up for sale a RARE! "Maryland Congressman" John S. Spence Clipped Signature.
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John Selby Spence (February 29,
1788 – October 24, 1840) was an American politician. Born near Snow Hill, Maryland,
Spence attended the common schools and graduated from the medical department of
the University of Pennsylvania at
Philadelphia in 1809 and practiced in Worcester County, Maryland.
Spence served as a member of both the Maryland House of
Delegates and as a member of the Maryland State Senate. In
1822, Spence was elected to the Eighteenth Congress, and served from March 4,
1823 to March 3, 1825. He was again elected as an Anti-Jacksonian in 1830 to
the Twenty-second Congress, and served from March 4, 1831 to March 3, 1833. In
1836, Spence was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian (later Whig) to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Robert H. Goldsborough. He was reelected in 1837, and served
from December 31, 1836 until his death near Berlin, Maryland, in 1840. He is interred in the Episcopal
Churchyard.
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