Patrick Magruder
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Patrick Magruder (1768 – December 24, 1819[1]) was an American lawyer, politician, and librarian who served as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland’s 3rd congressional District from March 4, 1805, to March 3, 1807, and as the 2nd Librarian of the United States Congress, from December 26, 1807, to January 18, 1815.
Biography
Patrick Magruder was born on his family's estate, Locust Grove, near Rockville in the Province of Maryland, in 1768, the son of Samuel Wade Magruder and Lucy Beall. Patrick Magruder was the great-grandson of Samuel Magruder, the son of Alexander Magruder.[2][3][4] Patrick Magruder attended Princeton College and became a lawyer.[2] In 1804, he was elected to be a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 3rd congressional district, and served from March 4, 1805, to March 3, 1807.[2] After the death of John J. Beckley, President Thomas Jefferson appointed Magruder to the dual post of Clerk of the United States House of Representatives and Librarian of Congress.[3] The posts were not separated until 1815.[3] Magruder served as the 2nd Librarian of the United States Congress from December 26, 1807, to January 18, 1815.[2] During the War of 1812, the British burned Washington, D.C., including the Library of Congress, which was then housed in the US Capitol Building. After an investigation by Congress into the destruction of the library and the use of its funds, Magruder resigned. He died December 24, 1819, in Petersburg, Virginia, and was buried on his family's ancestral estate, Sweden, near Petersburg in Dinwiddie County, Virginia.[3] Magruder, who first married Sarah Turner, and then Martha Goodwyn, had six children.[4]
References
- ↑ Dictionary of American Library Biography. (1978). Bohdan Wynar, ed. "Magruder, Patrick (1768-1819)." Littleton, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited. pp. 337–339. Template:ISBN
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External links
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- 1768 births
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- 19th-century United States representatives
- American librarians
- Candidates in the 1801 United States elections
- Candidates in the 1803 United States elections
- Clerks of the United States House of Representatives
- Democratic-Republican Party United States representatives from Maryland
- Librarians of Congress
- People from Montgomery County, Maryland
- Princeton University alumni