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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriSpencer Darwin PETTIS
(1802-1829)
PETTIS, Spencer Darwin, a
Representative from Missouri; born in Culpeper County, Va., in
1802; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to
the bar about 1824 and commenced practice in Fayette, Howard
County, Mo.; held various local offices; appointed secretary of
state on July 22, 1826, and served until December 31, 1828, when he
resigned; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first and
Twenty-second Congresses and served from March 4, 1829, until his
death; during the campaign of 1830 his feeling regarding the United
States bank issue precipitated a quarrel and subsequently a duel
with Maj. Thomas Biddle, in which both fell mortally wounded; Mr.
Pettis died the next day, August 28, 1831, in St. Louis; interment
in the Old City Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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