Name John Hood Role U.S. representative | Died April 27, 1849 Party Democratic Party | |
John Tolley Hood Worthington (November 1, 1788 – April 27, 1849) was a U.S. Representative from Maryland.
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Early life
John Tolley Hood Worthington was born on November 1, 1788 at "Shewan," near Baltimore, Maryland. He was the son of Walter Tolley Worthington (1765–1843) and Sarah Hood (ca. 1767–1850), daughter of John Hood, Jr. (1745–1794), by Hannah Barnes (ca. 1745–1772). Worthington received a limited schooling and engaged in agricultural pursuits. Samuel Worthington (1734-1815) and Mary Tolley (1740-1777), daughter of Walter Tolley.
United States Congress
Worthington was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second Congress (March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1832 to the Twenty-third Congress and for election in 1834 to the Twenty-fourth Congress.
Worthington was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses, where he served from March 4, 1837 to March 3, 1841. After Congress, he resumed agricultural pursuits.
Personal life
He was married to Mary Tolley Worthington (1790–1840), a cousin who was the daughter of John Worthington (ca. 1760–1834) and Mary Beale Worthington (1768–1839). Together, they had:
Worthington died at "Shewan" in Baltimore County, Maryland, and was interred in a private cemetery on his farm. He was reinterred in St. John's Episcopal Churchyard in Worthington Valley, Maryland.