John S. Spence

John Selby Spence
United States Senator from Maryland
In office December 31, 1836 – October 24, 1840
Preceded by	Robert H. Goldsborough
Succeeded by	John L. Kerr
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 8th district
In office March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825
Preceded by	Thomas Bayly
Succeeded by	Robert N. Martin
In office March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833
Preceded by	Ephraim King Wilson
Succeeded by	John T. Stoddert
Personal details
Born	(1788-02-29)February 29, 1788 Snow Hill, Maryland
Died	Berlin, Maryland
Political party	Whig

John Selby Spence (February 29, 1788 – October 24, 1840) was an American politician.

Born near Snow Hill, Maryland, Spence attended the common schools and graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1809 and practiced in Worcester County, Maryland. Spence served as a member of both the Maryland House of Delegates and as a member of the Maryland State Senate. In 1822, Spence was elected to the Eighteenth Congress, and served from March 4, 1823 to March 3, 1825. He was again elected as an Anti-Jacksonian in 1830 to the Twenty-second Congress, and served from March 4, 1831 to March 3, 1833.

In 1836, Spence was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian (later Whig) to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Robert H. Goldsborough. He was reelected in 1837, and served from December 31, 1836 until his death near Berlin, Maryland, in 1840. He is interred in the Episcopal Churchyard.

References

• John S. Spence at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Thomas Bayly	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 8th congressional district 1823–1825	Succeeded by Robert N. Martin
Preceded by Ephraim King Wilson	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 8th congressional district 1831–1833	Succeeded by John Truman Stoddert
United States Senate
Preceded by Robert H. Goldsborough	U.S. Senator (Class 3) from Maryland 1836–1840 Served alongside: Joseph Kent, William D. Merrick	Succeeded by John Leeds Kerr