Archer, John
soldier, physician, congressman, was born June 6, 1741, in Harford county, Md. At the commencement of the revolution he had command of a military company; was a member of the state legislature; and after the war practiced his profession. He was a presidential elector in 1797; and was a representative in congress from Maryland from 1801 to 1807. As a medical man he commanded great influence, and several discoveries were made by him which have been adopted by the profession. He died in 1810 in Harford county, Md.