Timothy Bloodworth

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Timothy Bloodworth (born 1736 in New Hanover County , Province of North Carolina , †  August 24, 1814 in Wilmington , North Carolina) was an American politician . He represented the state of North Carolina in both houses of Congress .

Until the outbreak of the Revolutionary War , Timothy Bloodworth worked mainly as a teacher. In 1776 he began making weapons for the Continental Army , including muskets and bayonets . A little later he began to be politically active. After serving in the North Carolina House of Representatives between 1778 and 1779, he held several offices in financial administration before he was appointed as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1786 . From 1790 to 1791 he was a member of the House of Representatives of the first US Congress before he sat again in the parliament of his home state from 1793 to 1794.

On March 4, 1795 Bloodworth entered the US Senate for the Democratic Republican Party . He completed a full legislative period there until March 3, 1801. He then became head of the customs office of Wilmington, where he died in August 1814.

During the Second World War , the Liberty freighter SS Timothy Bloodworth was named after him.

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SURNAME Bloodworth, Timothy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1736
PLACE OF BIRTH New Hanover County , North Carolina
DATE OF DEATH August 24, 1814
Place of death Wilmington , North Carolina