John S. Spence

For other persons named John Spence, see John Spence (disambiguation).

John Selby Spence (February 29, 1788 – October 24, 1840) was an American politician.

Born near Snow Hill, Maryland, Spence attended the common schools and graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1809 and practiced in Worcester County, Maryland. Spence served as a member of both the Maryland House of Delegates and as a member of the Maryland State Senate. In 1822, Spence was elected to the Eighteenth Congress, and served from March 4, 1823 to March 3, 1825. He was again elected as an Anti-Jacksonian in 1836 to the Twenty-second Congress, and served from March 4, 1831 to March 3, 1833.

In 1836, Spence was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian (later Whig) to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Robert H. Goldsborough. He was reelected in 1837, and served from December 31, 1836 until his death near Berlin, Maryland in 1840. He is interred in the Episcopal Churchyard.

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Preceded by Thomas Bayly	U.S. Congressman, Maryland's 8^th District 1823—1825	Succeeded by Robert N. Martin
Preceded by Ephraim King Wilson	U.S. Congressman, Maryland's 8^th District 1831—1833	Succeeded by John T. Stoddert
Preceded by Robert H. Goldsborough	Class 3 U.S. Senator from Maryland 1836—1840	Succeeded by John L. Kerr