Clement Dorsey
U.S. Congressperson
1778 – 1848
Who was Clement Dorsey?
Clement Dorsey 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; 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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- Born
- 1778
Anne Arundel County - Education
- St. John's College
- Died
- Aug 6, 1848
Leonardtown
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on July 23, 2013
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