John Sergeant was a Pennsylvania politican from a family of American politicans, including his father, Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant, his grandsons, John Sergeant Wise and Richard Alsop Wise, and his great-grandson, John Crain Kunkel. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on December 5, 1779. He was educated in the common schools and at the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia. He graduated from Princeton College in 1795. He became a lawyer and, after being admitted to the bar in 1799, practiced law for fifty years. State nickname: The Keystone State Official languages None Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Governor Ed Rendell (D) Senators Arlen Specter (R) Rick Santorum (R) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 33rd 119,283 km² 2. ... Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant (1746– October 8, 1793) was an American lawyer from Princeton, New Jersey. ... John Sergeant Wise (1846-1913) was an American leader in Virginia. ... Independence Hall, as it appears today. ... December 5 is the 339th day (340th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1779 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Princeton University, located in Princeton, New Jersey, is the fifth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States. ... 1795 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1799 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

He also immediately became a politician. In 1800 he became duputy attorney general for Philadelphia and then commissioner of bankruptcy for Pennsylvania the following year. He was a member of the State house of representatives from 1808 to 1810. He was elected as a Federalist to the United States House of Representatives to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Jonathan Williams. He was re-elected three times, serving from October 10, 1815 to March 3, 1823, and managed to reach the position of chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary. He then retired (albeit temporarily) from Congress. 1800 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1808 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1810 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... ... The United States House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Congress of the United States. ... Jonathan Williams (May 20, 1750 – May 16, 1815) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, a grandnephew of Benjamin Franklin. ... October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). ... The Battle of New Orleans 1815 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). ... 1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

In 1825, he was president of the Pennsylvania Board of Canal Commissioners. The following year, he was an envoy to the Panama Congress, and then was returned to the U.S. House of Representatives for the term starting March 4, 1827. He failed re-election to the following term and left Congress for the second time on March 3, 1829. He then became legal counsel to the Bank of the United States. 1825 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... 1827 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). ... 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... There were two organizations known as the Bank of the United States First Bank of the United States (1791-1811) Second Bank of the United States (1816-1841) Categories: Defunct banks ...

Sergeant was Henry Clay's running mate on the National Republican ticket in 1832 but lost to Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren in a landslide and again retreated from public life. He returned as president of the Pennsylvania constitutional convention in 1838, and then was elected as a Whig to the U.S. House of Representatives. He served this last time from March 4, 1837 until he resigned on September 15, 1841, and again was chair of the Committee on the Judiciary for the 1837 – 1839 term. Henry Clay Henry Clay (April 12, 1777 in Hanover County, Virginia – June 29, 1852 in Washington, D.C.) was an American statesman and orator who served in both the House of Representatives and Senate. ... The National Republican Party was a United States political party that existed in the first half of the 19th century. ... 1832 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845), eponym of the era of Jacksonian democracy and a founder of the Democratic Party, was the seventh President of the United States, serving from 1829 to 1837. ... Martin Van Buren (December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862), nicknamed Old Kinderhook, was the eighth President of the United States. ... 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The United States Whig Party was a political party of the United States. ... March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... 1837 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years). ... take you to calendar). ...

Sergeant died in Philadelphia on November 23, 1852 and was buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery. November 23 is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 38 days remaining. ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

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