Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. This specific family group is a subset of themuch largerFour ThousandRelated Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset. These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist. | |  Richard Ridgely (1755-1824) — of Maryland. Born inAnneArundel County, Md.,August3, 1755.Lawyer;Delegateto Continental Congress from Maryland, 1784-85; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1786-91; state court judge in Maryland, 1811.Died inHowardCounty, Md.,February25, 1824 (age68 years, 206days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Howard County, Md. | | Daniel Dorsey (1757-1823) — ofOntarioCounty, N.Y.Born in Elkridge,HowardCounty, Md.,March 6,1757.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Ontario County, 1809-10.Died in Lyons,WayneCounty, N.Y.,May 16,1823 (age66 years, 71days).Interment atSouthLyons Cemetery, Lyons, N.Y. | | Clement F. Dorsey (1778-1846) — of Chaptico,St. Mary'sCounty, Md.Born inAnneArundel County, Md.,1778.Lawyer;member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1807-13, 1818-19, 1821-23; served inthe U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1816-18;U.S.Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1825-31; districtjudge in Maryland, 1832-46.Slaveowner. Died while holdingcourtsession, Port Tobacco,CharlesCounty, Md.,August8, 1846 (ageabout 68years).Interment atSummerseat Cemetery, Laurel Grove, Md.| |  Relatives: Sonof John Dorsey and Mary (Hammond) Dorsey; married,December12, 1799, to Priscilla Hebb; married to Dicandia Ireland; firstcousin once removed ofAndrewDorsey; first cousin thrice removed ofEliHuston Brown Jr.; first cousin four times removed ofAlbinOwings Jr. andEliHuston Brown III; first cousin five times removed ofLeonardFranklin Poffenbarger; first cousin six times removed ofJohnT. Poffenbarger; second cousin once removed ofGeorgeMadison; second cousin twice removed ofAlexanderWarfield Dorsey; third cousin ofJamesMadison,DanielDorsey,WilliamTaylor Madison andThomasBeale Dorsey; third cousin once removed ofCalebDorsey; third cousin twice removed ofHenryGaines Johnson,DavidShelby Walker,JosephHenry Pendleton andGeorgeRiggs Gaither Jr.; third cousin thrice removed ofJamesDavid Walker,WilliamBarret Pendleton,DavidShelby Walker Jr.,JohnOverton Pendleton andBickertonLyle Winston; fourth cousin ofRichardRidgely. | | | | Political family:Dorseyfamily of Maryland (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Thomas Beale Dorsey (1780-1855) — also known asThomas B. Dorsey — of Maryland. Born in Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.,October17, 1780.Lawyer;planter;U.S.Attorney for Maryland, 1810-12;Marylandstate attorney general, 1822-24;Judge,Maryland Court of Appeals, 1824-51.Died in Ellicott City,HowardCounty, Md.,December26, 1855 (age75 years, 70days).Interment atSt.John's Cemetery, Ellicott City, Md. | | Andrew Dorsey (1786-1842) — ofCalhounCounty, Mich.Born in Libertytown,FrederickCounty, Md.,April25, 1786.Member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Calhoun County, 1838.Died in Homer,CalhounCounty, Mich.,April12, 1842 (age55 years, 352days).Interment atFairviewCemetery, Homer Township, Calhoun County, Mich. | | Alexander Warfield Dorsey (1828-1868) — also known asAlexander W. Dorsey — of Westminster,CarrollCounty, Md.Born in Maryland,December27, 1828.Whig.Druggist;postmaster atWestminster,Md., 1849-53.Died in Westminster,CarrollCounty, Md.,January2, 1868 (age39 years, 6days).Interment atWestminsterCemetery, Westminster, Md. | | Caleb Dorsey (1833-1896) — ofPikeCounty, Mo.;StanislausCounty, Calif.Born in Patapsco,AnneArundel County, Md.,September7, 1833.Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;livestockraiser;bankdirector; member ofCaliforniastate assembly 5th District, 1877-80.Member,Freemasons.Shotandkilled byhis mining partner, J. T. Newcomer, at Snell Mine, near Columbia,TuolumneCounty, Calif.,April21, 1896 (age62 years, 227days). Newcomer claimed self-defense, but was convicted of murderand sentenced to prison.Interment atStocktonRural Cemetery, Stockton, Calif.
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