- John Baptista Ashe (delegate)
John Baptista Ashe (1748 –
27 November 1802 ) was an American planter, soldier, and statesman fromNorth Carolina . He was born in Rocky Point township ofPender County, North Carolina in 1748, the son of Samuel Ashe. During theAmerican Revolutionary War , he served in theNorth Carolina Line of theContinental Army , rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was atValley Forge and fought in theBattle of Eutaw Springs .Ashe was elected to the
North Carolina House of Commons and served as Speaker of that body. He was a delegate to theContinental Congress in 1787. In 1789, Ashe was a delegate and Chairman of theCommittee of the Whole of the state convention that ratified theU.S. Constitution . That same year, he served in theNorth Carolina Senate .Ashe was elected to the
First United States Congress and theSecond United States Congress as an "Anti-Administration" (what became Anti-Federalist or Democratic-Republican) candidate, serving from 1790 to 1793.In 1802, the
North Carolina General Assembly elected Ashe Governor, but he died before he could take office.His namesake and nephew, John Baptista Ashe, served in Congress as a Representative from
Tennessee .External links
* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000307 Ashe's Congressional biography]
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8586693 John Baptista Ashe] at Find-A-Grave
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