Richard Dobbs Spaight

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Richard Dobbs Spaight was an American Founding Father from North Carolina who signed the U.S. Constitution and later served as the state's governor and a member of Congress.

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Richard Dobbs Spaight canonical 10
Richard Dobbs Spaight Jr. 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Founding Father of the United States
human
birthDate 1758-03-25
birthPlace New Bern
surface form: New Bern, Province of North Carolina
causeOfDeath gunshot wound
child Richard Dobbs Spaight self-linksurface differs
surface form: Richard Dobbs Spaight Jr.
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
United States of America
deathDate 1802-09-06
deathPlace New Bern
surface form: New Bern, North Carolina
duelOpponent John Stanly
educatedAt University of Edinburgh
University of Glasgow
ethnicGroup Irish American
familyName Spaight
father Richard Spaight Sr.
givenName Richard
hasSignature Signature of Richard Dobbs Spaight.svg
honoredIn North Carolina Hall of Fame
mannerOfDeath killed in a duel
memberOf North Carolina General Assembly
United States House of Representatives
middleName Dobbs
militaryConflict American Revolutionary War
mother Mary Dobbs
notableWork participation in drafting and signing the United States Constitution
occupation planter
politician
partyAffiliation Federalists
surface form: Federalist Party
positionHeld Delegate to the Constitutional Convention
Delegate to the Continental Congress
Governor of North Carolina
Member of the North Carolina House of Commons
Member of the North Carolina Senate
Member of the United States House of Representatives
Speaker of the North Carolina House of Commons
religion Anglicanism
residence New Bern
surface form: New Bern, North Carolina
servedIn Province of North Carolina militia
surface form: North Carolina militia
sexOrGender male
signatoryTo United States Constitution
spouse Mary Leech
stateRepresented North Carolina

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North Carolina leaders includedLeader Richard Dobbs Spaight
Richard Dobbs Spaight child Richard Dobbs Spaight self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Richard Dobbs Spaight Jr.
Dobbs isMiddleNameOf Richard Dobbs Spaight
Dobbs associatedWith Richard Dobbs Spaight
Dobbs hasNotableBearer Richard Dobbs Spaight
Richard Spaight Sr. notableFamilyConnection Richard Dobbs Spaight
Richard Spaight Sr. notableFamilyConnection Richard Dobbs Spaight
this entity surface form: Richard Dobbs Spaight Jr.
Richard Spaight Sr. hasDescendant Richard Dobbs Spaight
Richard Spaight Sr. hasDescendant Richard Dobbs Spaight
this entity surface form: Richard Dobbs Spaight Jr.
Mary Dobbs child Richard Dobbs Spaight
Mary Dobbs notableRelative Richard Dobbs Spaight
Mary Leech spouse Richard Dobbs Spaight
Spaight notableBearer Richard Dobbs Spaight
Spaight notableBearer Richard Dobbs Spaight
this entity surface form: Richard Dobbs Spaight Jr.