<Tr> <Th> Rank </Th> <Td> Major General </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Battles / wars </Th> <Td> War of 1812 </Td> </Tr> <P> Robert Goodloe Harper (January 1765--January 14, 1825), a Federalist, was a member of the United States Senate from Maryland, serving from January 1816 until his resignation in December of the same year . He also served in the South Carolina House of Representatives (1790--1795), the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina (1795--1801), and in the Maryland State Senate . He is best remembered for the phrase, "Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute" in connection with the XYZ Affair . The town of Harper, Liberia is named after him . </P> <P> Harper, the fifth child and first son of Jesse Harper (1733--?) and Emily Diana Goodloe (1734--1788) was born near Fredericksburg, Virginia in January 1765 and moved with his parents to Granville, North Carolina around 1769 . He received his early education at home and later attended grammar school . At the age of fifteen, Harper joined a volunteer corps of Cavalry and served in the American Revolutionary Army . He made a surveying tour through Kentucky and Tennessee in 1783, and graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1785 . He studied law in Charleston, South Carolina, teaching school at the same time, and was admitted to the bar in 1786 . He commenced practice in the Ninety - Sixth District of South Carolina, moving back to Charleston, S.C. in 1789 . </P>

Who said millions for charity but not one penny for tribute