Stephen Ormsby (1759March 4, 1844) was a U.S. Representative from

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. He was born in County Sligo, Ireland, immigrated to the United States when a boy, and settled in

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. He pursued classical studies and studied law. Ormsby was

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in 1786 and commenced the practice of his profession in

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. He became Deputy Attorney General of

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in 1787. Ormsby served in the early Indian wars, and as a brigadier general under Gen. Josiah Harmar in the campaign of 1790. He served as judge of the district court of Jefferson County in 1791, as a presidential elector in 1796, and as a judge of the circuit court 1802-1810. Ormsby was elected as a

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to the Twelfth Congress (March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the

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Congress. Ormsby was elected to the

Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative-elect John Simpson. He was then re-elected to the Fourteenth Congress and served from April 20, 1813, to March 3, 1817, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Fifteenth Congress. He was appointed first president of the branch of the Bank of the United States of

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, in 1817. Stephen Ormsby died near

on March 4, 1844.The Encyclopedia of Louisville
/ref> He was interred in the Ormsby Burial Ground (later the property of the Kentucky Military Institute) at Lyndon, near

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