Stevenson Archer

Stevenson Archer (February 28, 1827 – August 2, 1898) was an American politician. A congressman from Maryland, he served in the second district for four terms from 1867 to 1875. He served in the Maryland House of Delegates and as Treasurer of Maryland. He was a slave owner.

Early life Stevenson Archer was born at Medical Hall, Harford County, Maryland, near Churchville, on February 28, 1827, to Pamelia B. (née Hays) and Stevenson Archer. Archer's father and grandfather, John Archer, were both Congressmen from Maryland.

Archer attended Bel Air Academy, later graduating from Princeton College in 1848. He studied law at the office of Otho Scott in Bel Air, and was admitted to the bar in 1850, commencing practice the same year.

In 1866, he was elected as a Democrat to the Fortieth and to the three succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1867, until March 3, 1875. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1874. In May 1894, Governor Frank Brown pardoned him. She was also known as Jane Cage Franklin.

Archer's family lived at Hazell Dell near Bel Air.

Later life and death

Archer suffered from kidney ailments since 1893. After leaving prison in May 1894, he was hospitalized. Archer died from Bright's disease on August 2, 1898, at the City Hospital in Baltimore. He is interred in the Churchville Presbyterian Church cemetery.

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