| LC control no. | n 85827464 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Rodney, C. A. (Caesar Augustus), 1772-1824 |
| Variant(s) | Rodney, Caesar Augustus, 1772-1824 Rodney, Mr. (Caesar Augustus), 1772-1824 |
| See also | Family: Rodney (Family : 1728-1846 : Del.) |
| Associated country | United States Argentina |
| Located | Dover (Del.) Wilmington (Del.) |
| Birth date | 1772-01-04 |
| Death date | 1824-06-10 |
| Place of birth | Dover (Del.) |
| Place of death | Buenos Aires (Argentina) |
| Field of activity | Legislature Law Legislation Politics Government |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress (8th, 1st session : 1803-1804). House Republican Party (U.S. : 1792-1828) United States. Congress (8th, 2nd session : 1804-1805). House United States. Congress (17th, 1st session : 1821-1822). House Delaware. General Assembly. House of Representatives Delaware. General Assembly. Senate United States. Congress. Senate University of the State of Pennsylvania |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Politicians Attorneys general |
| Found in | nuc85-61887: His Documents accompanying the Bill ... [MI] 1808 (hdg. on CSt rept.: Rodney, Caesar Augustus, 1772-1824; usage: C.A. Rodney) LC data base, 12/3/85 (hdg.: Rodney, Caesar Augustus, 1772-1824; usage: C.A. Rodney) Who was who in America (Rodney, Cesar Augustus; b. Dover, Del., Jan. 4, 1772; d. Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 10, 1824) Letter from Mr. Rodney, upon the subject of the report of a select committee, to examine the reports of the Secretary of the Treasury in relation to the examination of the land offices, 1822. Biographical directory of the United States Congress (Rodney, Caesar Augustus (1772-1824); son of Thomas Rodney, cousin of George Brydges Rodney, and nephew of Caesar Rodney; a Representative and Senator from Delaware; graduated from University of Pennsylvania in 1789; admitted to the bar and began practice in Wilmington, Del. in 1793; member, State house of representatives 1796-1802; elected as a Democratic Republican to the Eighth Congress (March 4, 1803-March 3, 1805); Attorney General of the United States in the Cabinet of Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, 1807-1811, when he resigned; served in the War of 1812; member, State senate 1815-1816; sent to South America by President James Monroe as one of the commissioners to investigate and report on the propriety of recognizing the independence of the Spanish-American Republics; elected to the Seventeenth Congress and served from March 4, 1821 to January 24, 1822, when he resigned; elected as a Democratic Republican to the United States Senate and served from January 24, 1822, to January 29, 1823, when he resigned; appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to Argentina in 1823, served until his death in Buenos Aires, June 10, 1824) |
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