About Clement Dorsey
Lived 1778 – 1848 (aged 69–70). Clement Dorsey was an American politician, judge and lawyer.
Clement F. 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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Who was Clement Dorsey?
American politician (1778-1848)
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Clement Dorsey was born in 1778 in Anne Arundel County.
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Clement Dorsey died on 6 August 1848 in Leonardtown.
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Clement Dorsey was a politician, judge and lawyer.
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