- Stephen Ormsby
Stephen Ormsby (1759 - 1844) was a U.S. Representative from
Kentucky .He was born in
County Sligo, Ireland , immigrated to the United States when a boy, and settled inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania .He pursued classical studies and studied law.Ormsby was admitted to the bar in 1786 and commenced the practice of his profession in
Danville, Kentucky . He became Deputy Attorney General ofJefferson County, Kentucky in 1787.Ormsby served in the early Indian wars, and as a brigadier general under Gen.Josiah Harmar in the campaign of 1790.He served as judge of the district court of Jefferson County in 1791, as a presidential elector in 1796, and as a judge of the circuit court 1802-1810.Ormsby was elected as a Republican to the Twelfth Congress (
March 4 ,1811 -March 3 ,1813 ).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Thirteenth Congress.Ormsby was elected to the Thirteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative-elect John Simpson.He was then re-elected to the Fourteenth Congress and served from
April 20 ,1813 , toMarch 3 ,1817 , but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Fifteenth Congress.He was appointed first president of the branch of the Bank of the United States of
Louisville, Kentucky , in 1817.Stephen Ormsby died near
Louisville, Kentucky , in 1844. He was interred in the Ormsby Burial Ground (later the property of the Kentucky Military Institute) at Lyndon, nearLouisville, Kentucky .References
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