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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Richard Dobbs Spaight Jr. | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Founding Father of the United States
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human ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1758-03-25 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
New Bern
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surface form:
New Bern, Province of North Carolina
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| causeOfDeath | gunshot wound ⓘ |
| child |
Richard Dobbs Spaight
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surface form:
Richard Dobbs Spaight Jr.
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| countryOfCitizenship |
Kingdom of Great Britain
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United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1802-09-06 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
New Bern
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surface form:
New Bern, North Carolina
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| duelOpponent | John Stanly ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Edinburgh
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University of Glasgow ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Irish American ⓘ |
| familyName | Spaight ⓘ |
| father | Richard Spaight Sr. ⓘ |
| givenName | Richard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSignature | Signature of Richard Dobbs Spaight.svg ⓘ |
| honoredIn | North Carolina Hall of Fame ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | killed in a duel ⓘ |
| memberOf |
North Carolina General Assembly
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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
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politician ⓘ |
| partyAffiliation |
Federalists
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surface form:
Federalist Party
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| positionHeld |
Delegate to the Constitutional Convention
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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
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surface form:
New Bern, North Carolina
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| servedIn |
Province of North Carolina militia
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surface form:
North Carolina militia
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| signatoryTo | United States Constitution ⓘ |
| spouse | Mary Leech ⓘ |
| stateRepresented | North Carolina ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
Richard Dobbs Spaight Jr.