John Sergeant (Artist: Thomas Sully)

Education: Princeton College (studied law under Jared Ingersoll)

Admitted to Bar: July 1799

Professional Career:

• Founding member of the Law Library Company of the City of Philadelphia; Director, 1814-1815
• Deputy Attorney General for Chester and Philadelphia Counties, 1800
• Pennsylvania Legislature, Member, 1808-1810
• Member of Congress 1815-1823; 1827-1829; 1837-1841
• Law Association of Philadelphia, Vice-Chancellor, 1836-1845; Chancellor, 1845-1852
• National Republican candidate for Vice-President of the U.S., 1832
• Pennsylvania Constitution, President, 1837-1838