John Crompton Weems (August 11, 1777 – January 20, 1862) was an American politician.
Born in 1777[1] in Calvert County, Maryland, Weems attended St. John's College of Annapolis, Maryland, and engaged in planting. He was elected to the Nineteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Joseph Kent, was reelected to the Twentieth Congress, and served from February 1, 1826, to March 3, 1829. He is remembered for a speech defending the interstate slave trade.[2] He resumed agricultural pursuits afterwards, and died on his plantation, "Loch Eden", in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. He is interred in a private cemetery on his estate.
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- ^ Parish Registers of Anne Arundel Co., MD 16th and 17th Century
- ^ Rothman, Joshua D. (2021). The Ledger and the Chain: How Domestic Slave Traders Shaped America. Basic Books. p. 135. ISBN 9781541616592. LCCN 2020038845.
- United States Congress. "John Crompton Weems (id: W000250)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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