Timothy Bloodworth
Template:Short description Template:Infobox officeholder Timothy James Bloodworth (1736Template:Spaced ndashAugust 24, 1814) was an American anti-Federalist politician. He was a leader of the American Revolution and later served as a member of the Confederation Congress, U.S. congressman and senator, and collector of customs for the Port of Wilmington, North Carolina.<ref name="NCPedia">Template:Cite web</ref>
Early life and career
Bloodworth was born 1736 in North Carolina to Timothy Bloodworth Sr. who had migrated to North Carolina from Virginia in the early 1700s. He spent most of his life before the American Revolutionary War as a teacher. He owned 9 slaves and had over 4,000 acres of land.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
He had two brothers, James and Thomas, who were active local politicians.Template:Citation needed
In 1776, he began making arms including muskets and bayonets for the Continental Army. In 1778 and 1779, he served as a member of the North Carolina state legislature. Following this, he held a number of political posts sequentially until serving as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1786. He served as an Anti-Federalist delegate from New Hannover County to the Fayetteville Convention on the U.S. Constitution in 1789.:<ref name="Legislature">Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Docsouth">Template:Cite web</ref>
He was elected to the First United States Congress as a member of the House of Representatives, serving from 1790 to 1791 before returning to the North Carolina state legislature. In 1794 Bloodworth was elected to the United States Senate, where he served from 1795 to 1801. From then until 1807,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Bloodworth served as collector of customs in Wilmington, North Carolina.<ref>Congressional Biography</ref>
During the Second World War, Liberty ship Template:SS was named in his honor.Template:Citation needed
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- 1736 births
- 1814 deaths
- People from New Hanover County, North Carolina
- People from colonial North Carolina
- American people of English descent
- Continental Congressmen from North Carolina
- Anti-Administration Party United States representatives from North Carolina
- Democratic-Republican Party United States senators from North Carolina
- State treasurers of North Carolina
- Members of the North Carolina House of Representatives
- Politicians from Wilmington, North Carolina
- United States representatives who owned slaves
- United States senators who owned slaves
- 18th-century United States senators
- 18th-century United States representatives
- 18th-century members of the North Carolina General Assembly