Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784
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Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1728-10-07
Death Date
- 1784-06-26
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1755
- Affiliation End: 1758
- Organization: Kent County (Del.). Sheriff
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1756
- Organization: Delaware. Kent County Militia
Has Affiliation
- Organization:United States. Continental Army. Delaware Regiment
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1774
- Affiliation End: 1776
- Organization:United States. Continental Congress
Has Affiliation
- Organization:United States. Declaration of Independence--Signers
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1762
- Affiliation End: 1769
- Organization:Delaware. General Assembly
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1769
- Affiliation End: 1777
- Organization: (naf) Delaware. Supreme court
Birth Place
- Dover (Del.)
Field of Activity
politics
legislature
government
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Caesar Rodney
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Sources
- found:Bayard, T.F. Proceedings on unveiling the monument to Caesar Rodney, 1889.
- found:LC in OCLC, 5-1-86(hdg.: Rodney, Caesar, 1728-1784)
- found:Delaware. President (1778-1781 : Rodney). By His Excellency Cæsar Rodney, Esq; president ... A proclamation. Whereas by an act of the General Assembly of the said state, intitled, 'An act to prohibit the exportation of provision from this state, 1779:t.p. (Cæsar Rodney; President of Delaware)
- found:DAB(Rodney, Caesar; served in Continental Congress; elected president of Delaware, Spring, 1778 and served until Nov., 1781; b. 1728; d. 1784)
- found:Biographical directory of the United States Congress(Caesar Rodney, born Dover, Del., October 7, 1728; completed preparatory studies; engaged in agricultural pursuits; high sheriff of Kent County 1755-1758; justice of the peace; judge of all lower courts; captain in the Kent County Militia in 1756; superintendent of the printing of Delaware currency in 1759; member of the state assembly 1762-1769; superintendant of the loan office in 1769; associate justice of the Delaware Supreme Court 1769-1777; member of the Continental Cogress 1774-1776; a signer of the Declaration of Independence; served in the Revolutionary Army as a brigadier general; elected President of Delaware and served from 1778 to 1782; elected to the Continental Congress in 1782-1783 but did not serve; died in Dover, Del., June 26, 1784; interment on his farm, "Byfield," near Dover; reinterment in Christ Churchyard, Dover, Del.)
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- 1986-05-16:new
- 2022-04-10:revised
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