Clement Dorsey | |||
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Member of the United States House of Representatives | In office March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1831 | ||
Preceded by | Raphael Neale | ||
Succeeded by | Daniel Jenifer | ||
Personal details | |||
Born | 1778 Anne Arundel County, Maryland | ||
Died | August 6, 1848 Leonardtown, U.S. | ||
Political party | National Republican Party |
Clement Dorsey (1778 – August 6, 1848) was an American politician from Maryland.
He was born near Oaklands in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, in 1778; attended St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice. He was a major in the Maryland Militia 1812–1818. He was elected from Maryland's 1st Congressional district to the Nineteenth, Twentieth, and Twenty-first Congresses (March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1831); resumed the practice of law; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1832 to the Twenty-third Congress; judge of the fifth circuit court of Maryland until his death in Leonardtown, St. Mary's County, Maryland, August 6, 1848; interment in a private burial ground at "Summerseat," near Laurel Grove, Maryland.
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- Clement Dorsey at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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