Spencer Pettis | |
|---|---|
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's at-large district | |
| In office March 4, 1829 – August 28, 1831 | |
| Preceded by | Edward Bates |
| Succeeded by | William Henry Ashley |
| Secretary of State of Missouri | |
| In office 1826–1828 | |
| Governor | John Miller |
| Preceded by | Hamilton Rowan Gamble |
| Succeeded by | Priestly H. McBride |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Spencer Darwin Pettis 1802 Culpeper County, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | August 28, 1831 (aged 28–29) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican (before 1825) Jacksonian (1825–1831) |
Spencer Darwin Pettis (1802 – August 28, 1831) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri serving from 1828 until his assassination. He was also the fourth Missouri Secretary of State. Pettis is best known for being a participant in a fatal duel with Major Thomas Biddle. Pettis County, Missouri, is named in his honor.[1]
- ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1917). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 339.