Philip Spencer, a midshipman aboard USS Somers, was executed for mutiny without a court-martial, after being suspected of conspiring to kill opposing crewmembers and turn the brig into a pirate ship. He was the son of John C. Spencer, Secretary of War in U.S. President John Tyler's administration, and the grandson of Ambrose Spencer, a New York politician and lawyer.
- Occupation
- military officer, sailor
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- January 28, 1823
- Died
- December 1, 1842
