SERGEANT, Nathan, a Sergeant at Arms from Vermont; born in Putney, Windam County, Vermont, May 5, 1794; educated in Vermont; admitted to the bar; county and probate judge, Cahawba, Ala; established a Whig newspaper in Buffalo, New York; journalist, Washington, DC; elected Sergeant at Arms of the U.S. House of Representatives for the Thirtieth Congress (December 8, 1847–February 15, 1850); author; register of the United States Treasury, 1851–1853; commissioner of customs, 1861–1870; died on February 2, 1875, in Washington, D.C.; interment in Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
[ Top ]History, Art & Archives, U.S. House of Representatives, “Sergeant, Nathan,” http://history.house.gov/People/Detail/38477 (January 11, 2017)
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