Ambrose Sevier
| Ambrose Hundley Sevier | |
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President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate Acting |
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In office December 27, 1845 – December 28, 1845 |
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| Preceded by | Willie Person Mangum |
| Succeeded by | David Rice Atchison |
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United States Senator from Arkansas |
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In office September 18, 1836 – March 15, 1848 |
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| Preceded by | (none) |
| Succeeded by | Solon Borland |
| Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas Territory | |
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In office February 13, 1828 – June 15, 1836 |
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| Preceded by | Henry W. Conway |
| Succeeded by | Statehood achieved |
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November 4, 1801 Greeneville, Tennessee, US |
| Died | December 31, 1848 (aged 47) Little Rock, Arkansas, US |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Juliette Johnson Sevier |
| Profession | Politician, Lawyer |
Ambrose Hundley Sevier (November 4, 1801 – December 31, 1848) was an attorney, politician and planter from Arkansas. A member of the political Family that dominated the state and national delegations in the antebellum years, he was elected by the legislature as a Democratic US Senator.
Ambrose Hundley Sevier was born near Greeneville, Tennessee in Greene County, Tennessee. Sevier moved to Missouri in 1820 and to Little Rock, Arkansas in 1821.
In Arkansas he became clerk of the Territorial House of Representatives. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1823.
Sevier married Juliette Johnson, the sister of Robert Ward Johnson, who also became an influential politician in the state. Their father Benjamin Johnson had gone to Arkansas as the first territorial judge; in 1836 he was appointed as the first federal district judge when the territory became a state. Ambrose and Juliette had several children.
Sevier was elected to the Territorial House of Representatives and served from 1823 to 1827; he was elected as Speaker of that body in 1827.
He was elected as a Delegate to the Twentieth US Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Henry Wharton Conway, killed as a result of a duel with a former friend. Sevier was reelected and served as delegate in three successive congresses from 1828 to 1836, when Arkansas was admitted to the Union. Sevier is known as the "Father of Arkansas Statehood".
In 1836 Sevier was elected as the first member of the United States Senate from Arkansas. He was reelected in 1837 and 1843. He resigned from office in 1848. During the twenty-ninth Congress, he was allowed to hold the seat of President pro tem of the Senate for a day, though he was not elected to that post. During his tenure, he served as chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs and was a member of the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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