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Howard was born in Baltimore County, Maryland , the son of John Eager Howard . He received a A.B. and an A.M. from Princeton University in 1809 and 1812 , respectively. His study of law was interrupted by his service in the War Of 1812 in which he reached the rank of brigadier general. A Democrat , he served on the city council of Baltimore in 1820 and both houses of the Maryland legislature. He was elected to the Twenty-first and Twenty-second United States Congress , serving from March 4 , 1829 to March 3 , 1833 . In 1835 , President Andrew Jackson named Richard Rush and Howard to arbitrate the Ohio - Michigan Boundary Dispute . He returned to Congress in the Twenty-fourth Congress and was relected to the Twenty-fifth , serving from March 4 , 1835 , to March 3 , 1839 . During this service, he chaired the House Foreign Relations Committee for four years. In 1861 , he was one of the emissaries sent by President James Buchanan to try to secure a peace with the Confederacy . That year he unsuccessfully ran for Governor Of Maryland . He died in Baltimore and is buried in Greenmount Cemetery . |
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