Name Richard Stanford Resigned April 9, 1816 | Died April 9, 1816 Role Former U.S. Congressman | |
Party Democratic-Republican Party Previous offices Representative (NC 8th District) 1803–1816, Representative (NC 4th District) 1797–1803 | ||
Member of congress start date March 4, 1797 | ||
Richard Stanford (March 2, 1767 – April 9, 1816) was a Democratic-Republican U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1797 and 1816.
Biography
Born near Vienna, Maryland in 1767, Stanford moved to Hawfields, North Carolina, around 1793 and established an academy. He was elected to Congress as a Democratic-Republican in 1796 and was re-elected nine times before his death in Georgetown in 1816. During the 13th Congress, Stanford chaired the Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business. He is buried in the Congressional Cemetery.
Stanford was the grandfather of Tennessee Senator William Robert Webb.
References
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