Patrick Magruder
{{short description|Member of the U.S. House of Representatives and 2nd Librarian of Congress}}
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| birth_name = Patrick Magruder
| order = 2nd
| office = Librarian of Congress
| president = Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
| term_start = December 26, 1807
| term_end = January 18, 1815
| predecessor = John J. Beckley
| successor = George Watterston
| state2 = Maryland
| district2 = {{ushr|MD|3|3rd}}
| term_start2 = March 4, 1805
| term_end2 = March 3, 1807
| predecessor2 = Thomas Plater
| successor2 = Philip B. Key
| birth_date = {{birth year|1768}}
| birth_place = Rockville, Maryland
| death_date = {{death date and age|1819|12|24|1768}}
| death_place = Petersburg, Virginia
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| spouse = Sarah Turner, Martha Goodwyn
| alma_mater = Princeton University
| party = Democratic-Republican
| children = Theophilus, Louisa, Edmund, Patrick, Adelina, Napolean
| occupation = Lawyer, politician, librarian
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Patrick Magruder (1768 – December 24, 1819Dictionary of American Library Biography. (1978). Bohdan Wynar, ed. "Magruder, Patrick (1768-1819)." Littleton, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited. pp. 337–339. {{ISBN|0-87287-180-0}}) 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.{{Cite book |last=Magruder |first=Egbert Watson |title=Year Book of American Clan Gregor Society |publisher=Surber-Arundale Company |year=1921 |location=Charlottesville, Virginia}} Patrick Magruder attended Princeton College and became a lawyer.{{cite web|title=Magruder, Patrick, (1768 - 1819)|publisher=United States Congress|work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000057|accessdate=April 14, 2018|id=M000057}} 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. 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. The posts were not separated until 1815. Magruder served as the 2nd Librarian of the United States Congress from December 26, 1807, to January 18, 1815. 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.{{cite web|title=Patrick Magruder (1768-1819)|url=https://www.loc.gov/about/about-the-librarian/previous-librarians-of-congress/patrick-magruder/|publisher=Library of Congress|accessdate=April 14, 2018}} Magruder, who first married Sarah Turner, and then Martha Goodwyn, had six children.
References
External links
- {{cite web | author=John Y. Cole | authorlink = John Y. Cole | title=Jefferson's Legacy: A Brief History of the Library of Congress -- Librarians of Congress | url=https://www.loc.gov/loc/legacy/librs.html | publisher=Library of Congress | date=March 30, 2006 | accessdate=December 15, 2008}}
- [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37092972/patrick-magruder Patrick Magruder entry] at [https://www.findagrave.com/ Find a Grave]
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Category:Clerks of the United States House of Representatives
Category:Librarians of Congress
Category:Princeton University alumni
Category:People from Montgomery County, Maryland
Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
Category:Candidates in the 1801 United States elections
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