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Timothy Bloodworth

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Timothy Bloodworth
United States Senator
fromNorth Carolina
In office
March 4, 1795 – March 4, 1801
Preceded byBenjamin Hawkins
Succeeded byDavid Stone
Member of theU.S. House of RepresentativesfromNorth Carolina's3rd district
In office
April 6, 1790 – March 3, 1791
Preceded byDistrict created
Succeeded byJohn B. Ashe
Member of theNorth Carolina House of Representatives
In office
1793–1794
Member of theNorth Carolina Senate
In office
1788–1789
Personal details
Born1736(1736)
New Hanover County,Province of North Carolina,British America
DiedAugust 24, 1814(1814-08-24)(aged 77–78)
Wilmington,North Carolina,United States
Political partyDemocratic-Republican
Children2

Timothy James Bloodworth(1736 – August 24, 1814) was an American anti-Federalist politician. He was a leader of theAmerican Revolutionand later served as a member of the Confederation Congress, U.S. congressman and senator, and collector of customs for thePort of Wilmington,North Carolina.[1]

Early life and career[edit]

Bloodworth was born 1736 in North Carolina to Timothy Bloodworth Sr. who had migrated to North Carolina from Virginia in the early 1700s. He spent most of his life before theAmerican Revolutionary Waras a teacher. He owned 9 slaves and had over 4,000 acres of land.[2]

He had two brothers, James and Thomas, who were active local politicians.[citation needed]

In 1776, he began making arms includingmusketsandbayonetsfor theContinental Army.In 1778 and 1779, he served as a member of theNorth Carolina state legislature.Following this, he held a number of political posts sequentially until serving as a delegate to theContinental Congressin 1786. He served as an Anti-Federalist delegate from New Hannover County to theFayetteville Conventionon the U.S. Constitution in 1789.:[3][4][5][6]

He was elected to theFirst United States Congressas a member of theHouse of Representatives,serving from 1790 to 1791 before returning to the North Carolina state legislature. In 1794 Bloodworth was elected to theUnited States Senate,where he served from 1795 to 1801. From then until 1807,[7]Bloodworth served as collector of customs inWilmington, North Carolina.[8]

During theSecond World War,Liberty shipSSTimothy Bloodworthwas named in his honor.[citation needed]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^Herndon, G. Melvin."Timothy Bloodworth".NCPedia.RetrievedApril 28,2019.
  2. ^"Bloodworth, Timothy | NCpedia".ncpedia.org.Retrieved2022-01-31.
  3. ^Connor, R.D.D. (1913).A Manual of North Carolina(PDF).Raleigh: North Carolina Historical Commission.RetrievedApril 27,2019.
  4. ^"The Legislative Manual and Political Register of the State of North Carolina".1874.RetrievedApril 9,2019.
  5. ^"Timothy Bloodworth".National Intelligencer.Washington, DC. September 6, 1814. p. 2.
  6. ^"Minutes of the North Carolina Constitutional Convention at Fayetteville".Documenting the South.1789.RetrievedJuly 23,2019.
  7. ^"Marker D-106 - Timothy Bloodworth".RetrievedApril 28,2019.
  8. ^Congressional Biography

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Political offices
Preceded by North Carolina State Treasurerfor the Wilmington District
1781–1784 		Succeeded by
Memucan Hunt
as singular Treasurer of North Carolina
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
District created
 U.S. Representative (District 3) from North Carolina
1790–1791 		Succeeded by
U.S. Senate
Preceded by U.S. senator (Class 3) from North Carolina
1795–1801
Served alongside:Alexander Martin,Jesse Franklin 		Succeeded by


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