George Dent

George Dent (* 1756 in Charles County, Maryland, † December 2, 1813 in Augusta, Georgia ) was an American politician. Between 1793 and 1801 he represented the state of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

George Dent was on the estate of his father, Windsor Castle, born in 1756. He attended the common schools. In the 1770s he joined the revolutionary movement. During the Revolutionary War he served in various units of the state militia of Maryland and the Continental Army, in which he brought it up to the captain. After the war Dent embarked on a political career. Between 1782 and 1790 he sat in the House of Representatives from Maryland, which he was president in the years 1789 and 1790. In the years 1791 and 1792 Dent also worked as a judge in Charles County. At the same time, he also belonged to the Senate from Maryland. In 1792 he was president of this chamber. Politically, he was the federal government under President George Washington close (Pro - Administration Group ) and was the end of the 1790s a member of the Federalist Party, founded by Alexander Hamilton.

In the congressional elections of 1792 Dent was elected in the first district of Maryland in the time which meets even in Philadelphia U.S. House of Representatives, where he became the successor of Philip Key on March 4, 1793. After three re- elections, he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1801 four legislative sessions. Between 1797 and 1799 he took occasionally the president of the house. Between 1799 and 1801 he was Chairman of the Election Committee. 1795 Eleventh Amendment was ratified; in 1800, the Congress and the president moved into the new federal capital, Washington DC

In April 1801 was appointed to the territory of the new federal capital George Dent by the new President Thomas Jefferson to the U.S. Marshal. In 1802 he moved to Georgia, where he settled near Augusta. He died on 2 December 1813 the consequences of a riding accident.