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Mercer, John Francis

soldier, congressman, governor, was born May 17, 1759, in Stafford county, Va. He was a soldier of the revolution; and was a member of the old congress from Virginia from 1782 to 1785. He was a member, from Maryland, of the convention which framed the federal constitution, but did not sign that instrument. He was a representative in the new congress from 1792 to 1794.

He was governor of Maryland from 1801 to 1803; and also a member of the legislature of that state. He died Aug. 30, 1821, in Philadelphia, Pa.