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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Spaight , Richard Dobbs 1758 -1862 (search)
Spaight, Richard Dobbs 1758-1862
Governor; born in Newbern, N. C., March 25, 1758; graduated at the University of Glasgow, returned to the United States in 1778 and became aide to Gen. Richard Caswell; participated in the battle of Camden; member of the North Carolina legislature in 1781-83; elected to Congress in the latter year; held a seat in the convention which drew up the Constitution of the United States in 1787; elected governor of North Carolina in 1792; and served in Congress in 1798-1801.
He died in Newbern, N. C., Sept. 6, 1862.
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