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Spencer Darwin Pettis (1802 – August 28, 1831), U.S. Representative from Missouri. The fierce campaign of 1830 led to a quarrel over the United States Bank issue with Major Thomas Biddle. The quarrel escalated into a duel in which both men were killed on Bloody Island (Mississippi River) near St. Louis, Missouri.

He was born in Culpeper County, Virginia, in 1802; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar about 1824 and commenced practice in Fayette, Missouri; held various local offices; appointed secretary of state on July 22, 1826, and served until December 31, 1828, when he resigned; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses and served from March 4, 1829 until his death.

Pettis County, Missouri is named for him.

External links

United States Congress. "Spencer Pettis (id: P000275)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

Political offices
Preceded by Hamilton Rowan Gamble	Missouri Secretary of State 1826–1828	Succeeded by Priestly Haggins McBride
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	'''Spencer Darwin Pettis''' (1802 – [[August 28]], [[1831]]), U.S. Representative from [[Missouri]]. The fierce campaign of 1830 led to a quarrel over the United States Bank issue with Major [[Thomas Biddle]]. The quarrel escalated into a duel in which both men were killed on [[Bloody Island (Mississippi River)]] near [[St. Louis, Missouri]].		'''Spencer Darwin Pettis''' (1802 – August 28, 1831), U.S. Representative from [[Missouri]]. The fierce campaign of 1830 led to a quarrel over the United States Bank issue with Major [[Thomas Biddle]]. The quarrel escalated into a duel in which both men were killed on [[Bloody Island (Mississippi River)]] near [[St. Louis, Missouri]].

	He was born in [[Culpeper County, Virginia]], in 1802; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar about 1824 and commenced practice in [[Fayette, Missouri]]; held various local offices; appointed secretary of state on July 22, 1826, and served until December 31, 1828, when he resigned; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses and served from March 4, 1829 until his death.		He was born in [[Culpeper County, Virginia]], in 1802; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar about 1824 and commenced practice in [[Fayette, Missouri]]; held various local offices; appointed secretary of state on July 22, 1826, and served until December 31, 1828, when he resigned; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses and served from March 4, 1829 until his death.