Archer, Stevenson
jurist, congressman, was born in Harford county, Md. He graduated at Princeton college in 1805; was a judge of the court of appeals; was elected a representative in congress from Maryland from 1811 to 1817, when he was appointed judge in Mississippi territory; and was chosen a representative in congress again from 1819 to 1821. In 1845 he was appointed chief justice of Maryland. He was the son of John Archer. He died June 5, 1848, in Harford county, Md.