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William Blackledge
William Blackledge (October 19, 1828) was a Democratic-Republican U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1803 and 1809 and between 1811 and 1813. Born in Craven County, North Carolina, Blackledge was a member of the North Carolina House of Commons from 1797 to 1799 before being elected to the 8th United States Congress in 1802. He served three consecutive terms, during which he was one of the House managers for the impeachment of John Pickering. He ran unsuccessfully for re-election in 1808, but served briefly in the state house in 1809 and returned to serve one more term in the 12th United States Congress from 1811 to 1813. He ran for Congress unsuccessfully one final time before retiring from politics. He owned a thousand acres of land and six slaves. Blackledge died in Spring Hill, North Carolina in 1828. He was also the father of William Salter Blackledge, who served one term in the 17th United States Congress The 17th United States Congress was a meeting of th ...
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North Carolina (state)
North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and South Carolina to the south, and Tennessee to the west. In the 2020 census, the state had a population of 10,439,388. Raleigh is the state's capital and Charlotte is its largest city. The Charlotte metropolitan area, with a population of 2,595,027 in 2020, is the most-populous metropolitan area in North Carolina, the 21st-most populous in the United States, and the largest banking center in the nation after New York City. The Raleigh-Durham-Cary combined statistical area is the second-largest metropolitan area in the state and 32nd-most populous in the United States, with a population of 2,043,867 in 2020, and is home to the largest research park in the United States, Research Triangle Park. The earliest evidence of human occupation in N ...
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John Pickering (judge)
John Pickering (September 22, 1737 – April 11, 1805) was President of New Hampshire, Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court of Judicature and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire. He was the second federal official impeached by the United States House of Representatives and the first person convicted and removed from office in an impeachment trial by the United States Senate. Education and career Born on September 22, 1737, in Newington, Province of New Hampshire, British America, Pickering graduated from Harvard University in 1761 and read law. He entered private practice in Greenland, Province of New Hampshire and continued private practice in Portsmouth, Province of New Hampshire (State of New Hampshire, United States from July 4, 1776) until 1783, and later resumed private practice in Portsmouth from 1788 to 1790. He was a member of New Hampshire constitutional conventions from 1781 to 1783, and fr ...
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18th-century American Politicians
The 18th century lasted from January 1, 1701 ( MDCCI) to December 31, 1800 ( MDCCC). During the 18th century, elements of Enlightenment thinking culminated in the American, French, and Haitian Revolutions. During the century, slave trading and human trafficking expanded across the shores of the Atlantic, while declining in Russia, China, and Korea. Revolutions began to challenge the legitimacy of monarchical and aristocratic power structures, including the structures and beliefs that supported slavery. The Industrial Revolution began during mid-century, leading to radical changes in human society and the environment. Western historians have occasionally defined the 18th century otherwise for the purposes of their work. For example, the "short" 18th century may be defined as 1715–1789, denoting the period of time between the death of Louis XIV of France and the start of the French Revolution, with an emphasis on directly interconnected events. To historians who expand ...
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People From Craven County, North Carolina
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Democratic-Republican Party Members Of The United States House Of Representatives From North Carolina
The Democratic-Republican Party, known at the time as the Republican Party and also referred to as the Jeffersonian Republican Party among other names, was an Political parties in the United States, American political party founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the early 1790s that championed Republicanism in the United States, republicanism, agrarianism, political equality, and expansionism. The party became increasingly dominant after the 1800 United States elections, 1800 elections as the opposing Federalist Party collapsed. The Democratic-Republicans splintered during the 1824 United States presidential election, 1824 presidential election. The majority faction of the Democratic-Republicans eventually coalesced into the History of the United States Democratic Party, modern Democratic Party, while the minority faction ultimately formed the core of what became the Whig Party (United States), Whig Party. The Democratic-Republican Party originated as a faction in Con ...
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Members Of The North Carolina House Of Representatives
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1828 Deaths
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1767 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – The first annual volume of ''The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris'', produced by British Astronomer Royal Nevil Maskelyne at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, gives navigators the means to find longitude at sea, using tables of lunar distance. * January 9 – William Tryon, governor of the Royal Colony of North Carolina, signs a contract with architect John Hawks to build Tryon Palace, a lavish Georgian style governor's mansion on the New Bern waterfront. * February 16 – On orders from head of state Pasquale Paoli of the newly independent Republic of Corsica, a contingent of about 200 Corsican soldiers begins an invasion of the small island of Capraia off of the coast of northern Italy and territory of the Republic of Genoa. By May 31, the island is conquered as its defenders surrender.George Renwick, ''Romantic Corsica: Wanderings in Napoleon's Isle'' (Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910) p230 * February 19 ...
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17th United States Congress
The 17th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. While its term was officially March 4, 1821, to March 4, 1823, during the fifth and sixth years of James Monroe's presidency, its first session began on December 3, 1821, ending on May 8, 1822, and its second session began on December 2, 1822, to March 3, 1823. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the third Census of the United States in 1810. Both chambers had a Democratic-Republican majority. The members William Smith, John Gaillard, Joseph Gist, John Wilson, George McDuffie, Starling Tucker, James Overstreet, Thomas R. Mitchell, William Lowndes, Joel Roberts Poinsett, and James Blair were described as being "outspokenly pro-British" in their outlook. All of whom signed a "letter of brotherhood and solidarity" addressed to British Prime M ...
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William Salter Blackledge
William Salter Blackledge (1793March 21, 1857) was an American slaveholder and politician who served one term as a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1821 and 1823. Biography Born in Pitt County, North Carolina the son of William Blackledge, who would himself become a Congressman from North Carolina, Blackledge moved to Craven County, North Carolina at an early age, eventually settling in New Bern. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, graduating in 1813. Family William married Mary Fonvielle Hatch (daughter of Edmund Hatch and Miriam Simmons) on 26 April 1815 and they had two children, Virginia and Richard. William was a slave owner as was his father. Congress Blackledge was elected to the North Carolina House of Commons in 1820, and soon afterwards was elected to the United States House of Representatives to fill the vacancy created by the death of Jesse Slocumb Jesse Slocumb (August 20, 1780 – December 20, 1820) was a U.S. Congr ...
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12th United States Congress
The 12th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1811, to March 4, 1813, during the third and fourth years of James Madison's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Second Census of the United States in 1800. Both chambers had a Democratic-Republican majority. Major events *November 6, 1811: Battle of Tippecanoe: William Henry Harrison defeated Tecumseh's forces * December 16, 1811: New Madrid earthquake * April 4, 1812: President Madison enacted a 90-day embargo on trade with the United Kingdom *April 20, 1812: Vice President George Clinton died *June 18, 1812: War of 1812: United States declared war on Great Britain *August 16, 1812: War of 1812: Detroit surrendered to the British. *October 13, 1812: War of 1812: the Battle of Queensto ...
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8th United States Congress
The 8th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1803, to March 4, 1805, during the last two years of the first Presidency of Thomas Jefferson, presidency of President of the United States, U.S. President Thomas Jefferson. The apportionment of seats in the United States House of Representatives, House of Representatives was based on the United States Census, 1800, Second Census of the United States in 1800. Both chambers had a Democratic-Republican Party (United States), Democratic-Republican majority. Major events * April 30, 1803: Louisiana Purchase was made by the United States from France * February 16, 1804: In the First Barbary War, Stephen Decatur led a raid to burn the pirate-held USS Philadelphia (1799), frigate ''Philadelphia'' * May 14, 1804: Lewis and Clark Expedition departed ...
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