Clement Dorsey

Clement Dorsey (1778 – August 6, 1848) was an American politician from Maryland.

He was born near Oaklands in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, in 1778; attended St. John’s College, Annapolis, Maryland; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice. He was a major in the Maryland Militia 1812–1818. He was elected from Maryland's 1st Congressional district to the Nineteenth, Twentieth, and Twenty-first Congresses (March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1831); resumed the practice of law; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1832 to the Twenty-third Congress; judge of the fifth circuit court of Maryland until his death in Leonardtown, St. Mary's County, Maryland, August 6, 1848; interment in a private burial ground at “Summerseat,” near Laurel Grove, Maryland.

References

• Clement Dorsey at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Raphael Neale	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 1st congressional district 1825-1831	Succeeded by Daniel Jenifer

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Name	Dorsey, Clement
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Date of birth	1778
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Date of death	August 6, 1848
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