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| Affiliation | Democratic-Republican |
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| Name | John B. Ashe |
| Address | Halifax County
Halifax, North Carolina , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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00, 1748
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| Died | November 27, 1802
(54 years)
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modifed | Chronicler
Apr 24, 2020 06:45pm |
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| Info | ASHE, John Baptista, (uncle of John Baptista Ashe [1810-1857], Thomas Samuel Ashe, and William Shepperd Ashe), a Delegate and a Representative from North Carolina; born in Rocky Point, N.C., in 1748; was privately tutored at home; engaged in agricultural pursuits; served throughout the Revolutionary War and attained the rank of colonel in command of North Carolina troops at Valley Forge and at the Battle of Eutaw, S.C.
NC House of Commons (Halifax County) 1784-1787, serving as speaker of the house in 1786-1787
Member of the Continental Congress (NC) 1787
Chairman of the committee of the whole in the State convention of 1789 that ratified the Constitution of the United States
NC Senate (Halifax County) 1789
US House (F-NC) 1790-1793; changed to an Anti-Federalist in 1793 but was defeated for re-election
NC House (AF-Halifax Town) 1795, defeating William R. Davie
Resumed agricultural pursuits
Elected Governor (DR-NC) 1802, but died in Halifax, N.C., November 27, 1802, before being inaugurated; interment in the Churchyard Cemetery, Halifax, N.C.
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