Interments of Interest
George Vickers
(1801—1879)
A Senator from Maryland; born in Chestertown, Kent County, MD, November 19, 1801; pursued an academic course; employed in the county clerk’s office for several years; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1832 and commenced practice in Chestertown, MD; major general of the State militia in 1861; presidential elector on the Democratic ticket in 1864; vice president of the Union National Convention of Conservatives in Philadelphia in 1866; member, State senate 1866-1867; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the action of the Senate in declining to permit Philip F. Thomas to qualify, and served from March 7, 1868, to March 3, 1873; resumed the practice of law in Chestertown, MD, and died there October 8, 1879; interment in Chester Cemetery.
Ezekiel Forman Chambers
(1788—1867)
A Senator from Maryland; born in Chestertown, Kent County, MD, February 28, 1788; was graduated from Washington College at Chestertown in 1805; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1808 and commenced practice in Chestertown, MD; served in the War of 1812, attaining the rank of brigadier general; member, State senate 1822; elected to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Edward Lloyd; reelected in 1831 and served from January 24, 1826, until his resignation on December 20, 1834; chairman, Committee on District of Columbia (Twenty-first through Twenty-third Congresses); presiding judge of the second judicial circuit of Maryland and judge of the court of appeals 1834-1851; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor in 1864; died in Chestertown, MD, January 30, 1867; interment in Chester Cemetery.
James Alfred Pearce
(1805—1862)
A Representative and a Senator from Maryland; born in Alexandria, Va., December 14, 1805; attended a private academy in Alexandria; graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1822; studied law; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Cambridge, Dorchester County, MD, in 1824; moved to Louisiana in 1825 and engaged in sugar planting; returned to Maryland and settled in Kent County in 1828; resumed the practice of law in Chestertown; member, State house of delegates 1831-1835; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1835-March 3, 1839); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1838 to the Twenty-sixth Congress; elected to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841-March 3, 1843); elected as a Whig to the United States Senate in 1843; reelected in 1849, 1855, and 1861, the last time as a Democrat, and served from March 4, 1843, until his death; chairman, Committee on the Library (Twenty-ninth through Thirty-seventh Congresses); chairman, Committee on Finance (Thirty-sixth Congress); died in Chestertown, MD, on December 20, 1862; interment in Chester Cemetery.
