Sergeant, John
lawyer, congressman, was born Dec. 5, 1779, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was elected from Pennsylvania a representative to congress, and served from 1815 to 1823, from 1827 to 1829, and from 1837 to 1842. He was especially famous for his part in the great Missouri compromise in 1820. In 1832 he was the whig candidate for vice-president, being upon the same ticket with Henry Clay. He died Nov. 25, 1852, in Philadelphia, Pa.
SERGEANT, JONATHAN DICKINSON, lawyer, congressman, was born in 1746, in Newark, N. J. He was a member of the continental congress in 1776 and 1777; and took his seat a few days after the declaration of independence. In 1777 he became attorney-general of Pennsylvania.
He died Oct. 8, 1793, in Philadelphia, Pa.