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Caesar Rodney (October 7, 1728 – June 26, 1784) was an American Founding Father, lawyer, and politician from St. Jones Neck in Dover Hundred, Kent County, Delaware.
4 apr 2024 · Caesar Rodney (born October 7, 1728, Dover, Delaware [U.S.]—died June 26, 1784, Dover) was a delegate to the Continental Congress (1774–76, 1777–78), “president” of Delaware (1778–82), and a key signer of the Declaration of Independence. Rodney had served as high sheriff of Kent county, Delaware (1755), and as a delegate ...
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28 giu 2018 · The Library of Congress. He was a founding father, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and an American hero—but most have probably not heard of Caesar Rodney or his dramatic 18-hour...
- Lesley Kennedy
8 nov 2021 · October 17, 1728–June 29, 1784. Caesar Rodney was a well known soldier, politician, and judge from Dover, Delaware. He is a Founding Father because he signed the Declaration of Independence and participated in key events that shaped the American Revolution, including the Stamp Act Congress, First Continental Congress, and Second ...
- Randal Rust
Caesar Rodney. Artist unknown. These daring, somewhat helter-skelter Delaware militia, were under the command of Brigadier-General Caesar Rodney. Rodney was a signer of the Declaration of Independence who would go on to be President of Delaware from December, 1777, to November, 1781. Like Paul Revere, Caesar Rodney is famous for a midnight ride.
Died: June 29, 1784. Caesar Rodney was born on his father's farm near Dover, Delaware, in October of 1728. He was tutored by his parents and may have attended a local Parson's school, but received no formal education. His father died when Caesar was 17. He was placed in the guardianship of Nicholas Ridgely who was a clerk of the peace in Kent ...
25 feb 2020 · Charles Carroll of Carrollton. Colonial History. Caesar Rodney was a Delaware lawyer, representative of Delaware in the Continental Congress, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Click for more.
