Thomas Contee Worthington | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 4th district |
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In office March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 |
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Preceded by | John Lee |
Succeeded by | Michael Sprigg |
Member of the Maryland House of Delegates |
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In office 1818–1825 |
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Personal details | |
Born |
Annapolis, Maryland |
November 25, 1782
Died | April 12, 1847 Frederick, Maryland, Maryland |
(aged 64)
Parents | William Worthington Jane Contee |
Relatives |
William Worthington (brother) Walter Worthington (brother) Thomas Contee (grandfather) Benjamin Contee (uncle) |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Thomas Contee Worthington (November 25, 1782 – April 12, 1847) was a U.S. Representative from Maryland.
Thomas Contee Worthington was born on November 25, 1782 near Annapolis, Maryland. He was the son of William Worthington III (1747–1820) and Jane Contee (1760–1825). His maternal grandparents were Sarah Fendall (1732–1793) and Thomas Contee (1729–1793), himself the grandson of Thomas Brooke, Jr. (1660–1730). His brothers were William Grafton Delaney Worthington IV (1785–1856), judge and state Governor, and Secretary of the Territory of East Florida and Walter Brooke Cox Worthington (1795–1845), a member of the Maryland House of Delegates. Worthington received a limited schooling.
Through his maternal grandfather's sister, Jane Contee (1726–1812), who was married to John Hanson (1721–1783), a delegate to the Continental Congress who signed the Articles of Confederation and served as the 9th President of the Continental Congress, he was related to Alexander Contee Hanson (1786–1819), also a U.S. Representative, and later, U.S. Senator from Maryland. He was also the nephew of Benjamin Contee, an Episcopal priest, officer in the Revolutionary War, delegate to the Confederation Congress, and member of the first United States House of Representatives.