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| Affiliation | Democratic-Republican |
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| Name | John Henry |
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, Maryland , United States |
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November 00, 1750
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| Died | December 16, 1798
(48 years)
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| Contributor | U Ole Polecat |
| Last Modifed | U Ole Polecat
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| Info | a Delegate and a Senator from Maryland; born at ‘Weston,’ on the Nanticoke River, near Vienna, Dorchester County, Md., in November 1750; attended West Nottingham Academy, Cecil County, Md., and graduated from the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University) in 1769; studied law at the Middle Temple in London; returned to the United States in 1775 and practiced law in Dorchester County, Md.; member, Maryland General Assembly; Member of the Continental Congress 1778-1780 and 1785-1786; was a member of the committee to prepare the ordinance for the government of the Northwest Territory; elected as one of Maryland’s first two Members to the United States Senate in 1788; reelected in 1795 and served from March 4, 1789, until December 10, 1797, when he resigned, having been elected Governor; Governor of Maryland 1797-1798; died at his country estate, ‘Weston,’ Dorchester County, Md., December 16, 1798; interment in Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery, Cambridge, Md.
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