[1] The family later lived at "Belvidere" in Baltimore County, Maryland where he was educated by tutors.

He was elected a member of the Governor's Council in January 1831 and worked closely with his predecessor Daniel Martin.

Howard advocated the establishment of a State Bank, opposed the doctrine of nullification, was a foe of lotteries, and urged the endowment of Maryland colleges.

All of these gentlemen [referring to Howard and a couple other sons of famous Revolutionary War figures] are very ordinary individuals and evidently owe their elevation simply to their names."

[6] Howard held many slaves, but he was receptive to the movement to colonize free Negroes in Africa, telling the legislature "The prosecution of this system may probably at some distant day, tend to the restoration of the whole of our colored population, to the land of their forefathers.

He died at his home on August 2, 1846, and was probably buried first in the family burial ground at "Waverly."