Re: John Weems
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In reply to:
John Weems
PAULA REED 2/17/03
Paula,
The date is probably correct at 1825.Samuel L. Southard was Sec of the Navy from 1823 to about 1830.See below.
The John Weems who is the subject of this letter was the son of John Weems and Elizabeth French and was born about 1800 in Washington DC.Thanks for posting the letter.
Anne Agee
SOUTHARD, SAMUEL LEWIS, lawyer, United States senator, governor, was born June 9, 1787, in Baskinridge, N.J. In 1815 he was elected to the New Jersey legislature, and in a week after taking his seat was placed on the bench of the supreme court of New Jersey. In 1820 he was a presidential elector; and in 1821 was elected a senator in congress. In 1823 he was appointed secretary of the navy. In 1830 he was elected attorney-general of New Jersey; and in 1832 was governor of the state. In 1833 he was again elected to the United States senate, and served until 1842; and on the death of President Harrison became the president of the senate. He died June 26, 1842, in Fredericksburg, Va.
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