John Crompton Weems (August 11, 1777 – January 20, 1862) was an American politician.
Born in 1777[1] inCalvert County, Maryland, Weems attendedSt. John's College ofAnnapolis, Maryland, and engaged in planting. He was elected to the Nineteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation ofJoseph 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", inAnne Arundel County, Maryland. He is interred in a private cemetery on his estate.
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