Roger Nelson (politician)

Roger Nelson (born 1759 in Frederick , Province of Maryland , † June 7, 1815 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1804 and 1810 he represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Roger Nelson was born on the Point of Rocks Plantation in Frederick County . He attended public schools in his home country and then studied at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg . During the War of Independence he served in the Continental Army , where he rose to Brigadier General. He was wounded at the Battle of Camden. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1785, he began to work in Taneytown and Frederick in this profession. He also held a number of local offices at the time.

At the same time Nelson embarked on a political career. He served in the Maryland House of Representatives in 1795, 1801, and 1802 . He then belonged to the State Senate between November 1803 and November 1804 . Nelson was a member of the Democratic Republican Party founded by President Thomas Jefferson . After the death of MP Daniel Hiester , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC at the due by-election for the fourth seat of Maryland , where he took up his new mandate on November 6, 1804. After three re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his resignation on May 14, 1810 . There he was one of the MPs tasked with conducting impeachment proceedings against Federal Judge Samuel Chase .

Nelson's resignation came after his appointment as judge in the fifth (later sixth) judicial district of Maryland. He died in Frederick on June 7, 1815.

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SURNAME	Nelson, Roger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	1759
PLACE OF BIRTH	near Frederick , Maryland
DATE OF DEATH	June 7, 1815
Place of death	near Frederick , Maryland