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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—PennsylvaniaSERGEANT, John
(1779—1852)
SERGEANT, John, (son of Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant, grandfather of John Sergeant Wise and Richard Alsop Wise, and great-grandfather of John Crain Kunkel), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., December 5, 1779; attended the common schools and the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia; was graduated from Princeton College in 1795; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1799 and practiced in Philadelphia for fifty years; deputy attorney general for Philadelphia in 1800; commissioner of bankruptcy for Pennsylvania in 1801; member of the state house of representatives 1808-1810; elected as a Federalist to the Fourteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Jonathan Williams; reelected to the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Congresses and served from October 10, 1815, to March 3, 1823; chairman, Committee on the Judiciary (Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses); was not a candidate for reelection; president of the Pennsylvania Board of Canal Commissioners in 1825; envoy to the Panama Congress in 1826; elected as an Adams candidate to the Twentieth Congress (March 4, 1827-March 3, 1829); unsuccessful candidate for reelection; unsuccessful National-Republican candidate for election as Vice President of the United States in 1832; president of the state constitutional convention in 1838; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth, Twenty-sixth, and Twenty-seventh Congresses and served from March 4, 1837, until his resignation on September 15, 1841; chairman, Committee on the Judiciary (Twenty-sixth Congress); died in Philadelphia, Pa., November 23, 1852; interment in Laurel Hill Cemetery.
Binney, Horace. Remarks to the bar of Philadelphia, on the occasion of the deaths of Charles Chauncey and John Sergeant
. Philadelphia: C. Sherman, printer, 1853.
[Democratic party. Pennsylvania. Philadelphia]. Letters addressed to John Sergeant, Manuel Eyre, Lawrence Lewis, Clement C. Biddle, and Joseph P. Norris, Esqs. authors of An address to the people of Pennsylvania
. Philadelphia: Printed by W. Stavely, 1828.
Meredith, William Morris. Eulogium on the character and services of the late John Sergeant
. Philadelphia: Crissy & Markley, printers, 1853.
Sergeant, John. An address delivered at the request of the managers of the Apprentices’ Library Company of Philadelphia, 23 November, 1832
. Philadelphia: Printed by J. Kay, Jun. & Co. [1832].
———. An address delivered before the citizens of Philadelphia, at the House of Refuge, on Saturday, the twenty-ninth of November, 1828. By John Sergeant, president of the institution. Published by order of the Board of Managers
. Philadelphia: Jesper Harding, printer. 1828.
———. Argument in the case of the Cherokee Nation vs. the State of Georgia, before the Supreme Court of the United States, March 5, 1831
. Philadelphia: N.p., 1832.
———. Eulogy on Charles Carroll of Carrollton: Delivered at the request of the Select and Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia, December 31st, 1832
. Philadelphia: Printed by L.R. Bailey, 1833.
———. A lecture delivered before the Mercantile Library Company of Philadelphia, November 1, 1839
. Philadelphia: H. Perkins, 1839.
———. Opinions of Hon. John Sergeant and Horace Binney as to trusts under Mr. Girard’s will
. [Philadelphia?: N.p., 1838?]
———. Select speeches of John Sergeant, of Pennsylvania [1818-1828]
. Philadelphia: E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1832.
———. Speech of John Sergeant on the judicial tenure: Delivered in the convention of Pennsylvania, on the 7th and 8th November 1837
. Philadelphia: James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1838.
———. Speech of Mr Sergeant
. [Washington?: N.p., 1819].
———. Speech of Mr. Sergeant in the House of Representatives, March 7th, 1822
. [Washington: D. Rapine, printer, 1822].
———. Speech of Mr. Sergeant of Pennsylvania, on the Sub-treasury bill. Delivered in the House of Representatives, June 24, 1840
. Washington: Printed by Gales and Seaton, 1840.
———. Speech of Mr. Sergeant, on the Missouri question. In the House of Representatives of the U. States
. [N.p., 1820].
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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