page_title: John Eager Howard
section_title: Marriage and family
hierarchical_section_title: John Eager Howard / Marriage and family
caption_attribution_description: English: Title:Mrs. John Eager Howard (Peggy Oswald Chew) and Her Son, John Eager Howard II. Author/Artist:Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827 Creation Date:1789 26 1/4 x 20 1/2 in. oil on canvas.
context_page_description: John Eager Howard was an American soldier and politician from Maryland. He was elected as governor of the state in 1788, and served three one-year terms. He also was elected to the Continental Congress, the Congress of the United States and the U.S. Senate. In the 1816 presidential election, Howard received 22 electoral votes for vice president on the Federalist Party ticket with Rufus King. The ticket lost in a landslide.
  Howard County, Maryland, is named for him, along with Eager Street and Howard Street in Baltimore.
context_section_description: John Eager Howard married Margaret ("Peggy") Chew (1760–1824), daughter of the Pennsylvania justice Benjamin Chew, in 1787.
  John Eager Howard Jr. (1788–1822) m.1820 Cornelia Read (daughter of US Senator Jacob Read, SC) Maryland State Senator.  Died in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, October 1822.
  George Howard, (1789–1846) m.1811 Prudence Ridgely (dau. of Gov. Charles Carnan Ridgely). George was born while Col. Howard was governor in Jennings House and became governor in 1831. His home "Waverly" at Marriottsville, Maryland still exists.
  Benjamin Chew Howard (1791–1872) m.1818 Jane Gilmor. He was elected for four terms in the U.S. Congress and was the Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States 1843–1861.
  Dr. William Howard (1793–1834) m.1828 Rebecca Key (dau. of Philip Barton Key, uncle of Francis Scott Key). He became a civil engineer for the War Department on canals and railroad routes.
  Juliana Howard McHenry (1796–1821) m.1819 John McHenry (died in Mercersburg, PA, Oct 1822; son of Dr. James McHenry, Secretary of War).
  James Howard (1797–1870) m.1820 Sophia Ridgely (dau. of Gov. Charles Carnan Ridgely) and 2d m.1832 Catherine Ross.
  Sophia Howard Read (1800–1880) m.1825 William George Read (son of US Sen. Jacob Read, SC)
  Charles Howard (1802–1869) m.1825 Elizabeth Key (dau. of Francis Scott Key).  Charles and his son, Francis Key Howard, were imprisoned in Fort McHenry at the start of the American Civil War.
  Mary (February–May 1806)
caption: Peggy Chew Howard and John Eager Howard Jr., portrait by Charles Willson Peale
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