Ambrose Hundley Sevier

Ambrose Hundley Sevier (4 November 1801 - 31 December 1848) was a Democratic member of the United States Senate from Arkansas. Ambrose Hundley Sevier This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ... November 4 is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 57 days remaining. ... 1801 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... Seal of the Senate The United States Senate is one of the two houses of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. ... State nickname: The Natural State Other U.S. States Capital Little Rock Largest city Little Rock Governor Mike Huckabee (R) Official languages English Area 137,732 km² (29th)  - Land 134,856 km²  - Water 2,876 km² (2. ...

Ambrose Hundley Sevier was born near Greeneville, Tennessee in Greene County, Tennessee. Sevier moved to Missouri in 1820 and to Little Rock, Arkansas in 1821. Greeneville is a town located in Greene County, Tennessee. ... Greene County is a county located in the state of Tennessee. ... Missouri, named after the Missouri Siouan Indian tribe meaning canoe, is a Midwestern state in the United States with Jefferson City as its capital. ... 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Nickname: The City of Roses Location in Arkansas Founded  -Incorporated 1821 1831  County Pulaski County Mayor Jim Dailey Area  - Total  - Water 302. ... 1821 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

In Arkansas he became clerk of the Territorial House of Representatives. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1823. Sevier became a member of the House of Representatives and served from 1823 to 1827 and served as speaker of that body in 1827. Chamber of the Estates-General, the Dutch legislature. ... A bar association is a body of lawyers who, in some jurisdictions, are responsible for the regulation of the legal profession. ... 1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1827 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The term Speaker is usually the title given to the presiding officer of a countrys lower house of parliament or congress (i. ...

Sevier was elected as a Delegate to the Twentieth US Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Henry Wharton Conway. Sevier was reelected and served as delegate in three successive congresses from 1828 to 1836 when Arkansas was admitted to the Union. Sevier is known as the "Father of Arkansas Statehood". Twentieth United States Congress Links and spelling have to be verified. ... Henry Wharton Conway (1793-1827) was a delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the Territory of Arkansas. ... 1828 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1836 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

In 1836 Sevier was elected as the first member of the United States Senate from Arkansas. He was reelected in 1837 and 1843. He resigned from office in 1848. During the twenty-ninth Congress he served as President pro tempore of the Senate. During his tenure he served as chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs and was a member of the Committee on Foreign Relations. Seal of the Senate The United States Senate is one of the two houses of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. ... 1837 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1843 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Twenty-ninth United States Congress Links and spelling have to be verified. ...

In 1848 he was appointed as Minister to Mexico to negotiate the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo at the end of the Mexican-American War. 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Mexican Cession (red) and the Gadsden Purchase (orange) The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was the treaty that ended the Mexican-American War. ... The Mexican-American War was fought between the United States and Mexico between 1846 and 1848. ...

Ambrose Hundley Sevier died on his plantation in Pulaski County, Arkansas. He was buried in the historic Mount Holly Cemetery. The State of Arkansas erected a monument in the cemetery in his honour. // Plantation Agriculture A plantation agriculture is done on a large area of land that is usually privately or government owned and employs resident labor to cultivate a single commercial crop. ... Pulaski County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. ... Mount Holly Cemetery is the original cemetery in downtown Little Rock, Arkansas and is the resting place for numerous Arkansans of note. ...

Sevier was the grandnephew of John Sevier, first cousin of Representative Henry Wharton Conway, Governor James Sevier Conway, Governor Elias Nelson Conway, brother-in-law of Senator Robert Ward Johnson and father-in-law of Governor Thomas James Churchill. John Sevier in bronze by Belle Kinney Scholz and Leopold F. Scholz; located in National Statuary Hall. ... Henry Wharton Conway (1793-1827) was a delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the Territory of Arkansas. ... James Sevier Conway (9 December 1798 - 3 March 1855) was a Democratic Governor of the State of Arkansas, the first elected governor since it became a state. ... Elias Nelson Conway (17 May 1812 - 28 February 1892) was a Democratic Governor of Arkansas. ... Robert Ward Johnson (22 July 1814 - 26 July 1879) was a Democratic United States Senator and member of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Arkansas. ... Thomas James Churchill (10 March 1824 - 10 March 1905) was a Confederate Major General during the American Civil War and a Governor of the state of Arkansas. ...

Sevier County, Arkansas is named in his honour. Sevier County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. ...