President John Tyler Appoints a Former DC Mayor to Justice of the Peace

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Thomas Carbery was the 6th Mayor of Washington, DC.  He had served in the War of 1812 as Captain and had headed the National Metropolitan Bank, one of the nation’s largest financial institutions. 

In 1844, President Tyler appointed Carbery to be Justice of the Peace for a large portion of Washington....

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President John Tyler Appoints a Former DC Mayor to Justice of the Peace

Thomas Carbery was the 6th Mayor of Washington, DC.  He had served in the War of 1812 as Captain and had headed the National Metropolitan Bank, one of the nation’s largest financial institutions. 

In 1844, President Tyler appointed Carbery to be Justice of the Peace for a large portion of Washington. Document signed, as President, January 9, 1844.  In it, Tyler appoints Carbery “a Justice of the Peace in the country of Washington in the District of Columbia….for the term of five years from the day of the date hereof.”  Countersigned by Secretary of State Abel Upshur.

Documents signed by Tyler as President are increasingly uncommon.

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