Exchange Co. in 1815 and was a member of the first board of directors. He then became a member of the Maryland State Senate, and was later elected from Maryland to the United States Senate for the term beginning March 4, 1815, serving from January 1816 until December 1816, when he resigned. He was an unsuccessful Federalist candidate for Vice President in the 1816 election. He also received one electoral vote for Vice President in the 1820 election. In 1815, Harper was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society. and traveled extensively in Europe in 1819 and 1820. He took a prominent part in the ceremonies on the occasion of Lafayette’s visit to Baltimore in 1824. Personal life On May 7, 1800, Harper married Catherine Carroll (1778–1861) in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Catherine was the daughter of Charles Carroll and Mary (née Darnall) Carroll. Her elder sister, Mary, married Richard Caton. Together, they were the parents of at least four children who survived to adulthood, including: Charles Carroll Harper (1802–1837), who married Charlotte Hutchinson Cheffelle (1807–1867) in 1827. Mary Diana Harper (1803–1818), who died young. Richard Caton Harper (1806–1815), who died young. Elizabeth Hyde Harper (1809–1823), who died unmarried. Emily Louisa Harper (1812–1892), who never married. Robert Goodloe Harper, Jr. (1814–1854) He died in Baltimore on January 14, 1825, and was initially interred in the family burial ground on his estate, Oakland in Roland Park, and later reburied in Greenmount Cemetery in Baltimore. Descendants Through his eldest son Charles, he was a grandfather of Emily Louisa Harper (1835–1908), who married William Clapham Pennington (1829–1913). Their son, Robert Goodloe Harper Pennington (1854–1920) was a prominent artist. Ancestry References Notes Sources External links 1765 births 1825 deaths United States Army personnel of the War of 1812 Maryland state senators Members of the South Carolina House of Representatives Politicians from Fredericksburg, Virginia United States Army generals United States senators from Maryland 1816 United States vice-presidential candidates 1820 United States vice-presidential candidates Maryland Federalists Federalist Party United States senators Federalist Party members of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina Carroll family Members of the American Antiquarian Society