1794 United States House Of Representatives Elections In Maryland
Six of the eight Maryland incumbents were re-elected. References See also * List of United States representatives from Maryland * United States House of Representatives elections, 1794 and 1795 1794 Maryland United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ...

George Dent
George Dent (1756 – December 2, 1813) was an American planter and politician from Maryland who served in the House of Representatives from 1793 to 1801. Early life Dent was born on his father's estate, "Windsor Castle", on the Mattawoman Creek in Charles County. His father, General John Dent (1733-1809), was a planter who was a patriot during the Revolutionary War. Revolutionary War He initially served during the Revolutionary War in 1776 as a 1st lieutenant in the Third Battalion of the Flying Camp from Maryland. After the Flying Camp was disbanded in December 1776, Dent returned to Maryland and was commissioned a 1st lieutenant in the Charles County militia under Captain Thomas H. Marshall. He was subsequently promoted to captain and assigned to the Twenty-sixth Battalion in May 1778.Newman, p.38 Political career After the war, Dent served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1782 to 1790, where he was speaker pro tempore in 1788 and speaker in 1789 a ...
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Gabriel Christie (Maryland Politician)
Gabriel Christie (November 29, 1756 – April 1, 1808) was an American political leader from Perryman, Maryland. He was born in Perryman. He served in the Maryland militia during the American Revolution. He served as a member of the Maryland house of delegates and on a commission for straightening roads. He represented the sixth district of Maryland in the United States House of Representatives from 1793 to 1797, and again from 1799 to 1801. The 6th district that he represented was in the north-east corner of Maryland, bordering Pennsylvania and Delaware, and did not cover any of the area that had been in the sixth district before the 1792 redistricting.Atlans of Political Parties in Congress, pp. 71–72. By his second term in congress he is generally identified as a Democratic-Republican. In 1800–1801 he served as a commissioner of Havre de Grace. He served in the Maryland State Senate (1802–1806). When Christie died in 1808 in Baltimore Baltimore ( , loca ...
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United States House Of Representatives Elections In Maryland
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United States House Of Representatives Elections, 1794 And 1795
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United States House Of Representatives Elections In Maryland, 1790
Under Maryland law for the election for the 1st and 2nd Congresses "candidates were elected at-large but had to be residents of a specific district with the statewide vote determining winners from each district." See also * United States House of Representatives elections, 1790 and 1791 * List of United States representatives from Maryland References 1790 United States House of Representatives Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...

William V
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William Hindman
William Hindman (April 1, 1743January 19, 1822) was an American lawyer and statesman from Talbot County, Maryland. He represented Maryland in the Continental Congress, and in the federal Congress as both a Representative from the second and seventh districts, and as a U.S. Senator. William was born in Dorchester County in the Province of Maryland, the second son of Jacob Hindman (1713–1766) and Mary Trippe Hindman (died 1782). Jacob was a plantation owner from Talbot county who served as sheriff of Talbot County from 1745 to 1748, and as a member of the colonial Assembly. William studied law at the Inns of Court in London, returning to Maryland in 1765. He was admitted to the bar, and practiced law in Talbot County. From 1775 and 1777, Hindman served in Maryland’s revolutionary government, as the state’s Treasurer for the Eastern Shore. He resigned this post when he was elected to the state Senate in 1777. He was re-elected several times, and served until 1784. Maryla ...
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Samuel Smith (Maryland Politician)
Samuel Smith (July 27, 1752April 22, 1839) was an American Senator and Representative from Maryland, a mayor of Baltimore, Maryland, and a general in the Maryland militia. He was the brother of cabinet secretary Robert Smith. Smith served twice as President pro tempore of the United States Senate, first from 1805 to 1808 and later from 1828 to 1831. Biography Samuel Smith was born in Carlisle in the Province of Pennsylvania. His grandfather, also named Samuel Smith (1698–1784), was born in Ireland and settled in the Province of Maryland. Smith moved with his family to Baltimore, Maryland, in 1759. He attended a private academy, and engaged in mercantile pursuits until the American Revolutionary War, at which time he served as captain, major, and lieutenant colonel in the Continental Army. Prior to the war, as a young captain, he was sent to Annapolis to arrest Governor Eden and seize his papers. On September 23 with Philadelphia on the verge of capture, Washington sent S ...
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United States House Of Representatives Elections In Maryland, 1792
Maryland increased from 6 to 8 representatives after the 1790 census. The previous mixed district/at-large system was replaced with a conventional district system. See also * United States House of Representatives elections, 1792 and 1793 * List of United States representatives from Maryland References Maryland 1792 United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ...

Roger Nelson (politician)
Roger Nelson (1759 – June 7, 1815) was an American soldier and politician who represented the fourth district of Maryland in the United States House of Representatives from 1804 to 1810. Early life Nelson was born on "Point of Rocks" plantation, near Frederick, Maryland. He was the son of Arthur Nelson (d. 1792). He completed preparatory studies, and attended the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. Career He served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and was wounded at the Battle of Camden and again at the Battle of Guilford Court House. Nelson was admitted as an original member of The Society of the Cincinnati in the state of Maryland and later attained the rank of brigadier general. After the War, Nelson studied law, was admitted to the bar about 1785, and practiced in Taneytown and Frederick. He held several local offices, including serving as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates in 1795, 1801, and 1802. He also ser ...
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Thomas Sprigg
Thomas Sprigg (1747 – December 13, 1809) was an 18th-century American politician. He represented the fourth district of Maryland in the United States House of Representatives from 1793 to 1797. Sprigg was born in Prince George's County, Maryland. He served during the American Revolutionary War as ensign in the Maryland Battalion of the Flying Camp from September to December 1776. He was appointed the first register of wills of Washington County, Maryland, in 1777, and served until September 29, 1780, when he resigned. He was a delegate to the Maryland State Convention of 1788, to vote whether Maryland should ratify the proposed Constitution of the United States. He was appointed lieutenant of Washington County by the governor and Council of Maryland on December 21, 1779. Sprigg was elected as an Anti-Administration candidate to the Third Congress and reelected as a Democratic-Republican The Democratic-Republican Party, known at the time as the Republican Party and a ...
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