Thomas Rodney
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| Chief Justice of Mississippi | |
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In office August 1, 1803 – January 2, 1811 |
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| Associate Justice Delaware Supreme Court |
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In office December 17, 1802 – August 1, 1803 |
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| Continental Congressman from Delaware |
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In office November 4, 1785 – February 3, 1787 |
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In office April 8, 1784 – October 26, 1784 |
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In office February 10, 1781 – February 2, 1782 |
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| Personal details | |
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June 4, 1744 Kent County, Delaware |
| Died | January 2, 1811 (aged 66) Natchez, Mississippi |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
| Residence | Dover, Delaware |
| Religion | Episcopalian |
Thomas "Tommy" Rodney (June 4, 1744 – January 2, 1811) was an American lawyer and politician from Jones Neck in St. Jones Hundred, Kent County, Delaware and Natchez, Mississippi. He was a Continental Congressman from Delaware, and a member of the Democratic-Republican Party who served in the Delaware General Assembly, as Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court, and as federal judge for the Mississippi Territory. He was the younger brother of Caesar Rodney, Revolutionary President of Delaware.
Rodney was born June 4, 1744 at Byfield, his family's farm at Jones Neck, in Dover Hundred, Kent County, Delaware. It is just north of John Dickinson's mansion, Poplar Hall. He was the son of Caesar and Mary Crawford Rodney, and grandson of William Rodney, who came to America in the 1680s and had been Speaker of the Colonial Assembly of the Lower Counties in 1704. His mother was the daughter of the Rev. Thomas Crawford, Anglican priest at Dover. Byfield was an 800-acre (3.2 km2) farm, worked by a small number of slaves, and with the addition of other adjacent properties, the Rodneys were, by the standards of the day, wealthy members of the local gentry. Sufficient income was earned from the sale of wheat and barley to the Philadelphia and West Indies market to provide enough cash and leisure to allow members of the family to participate in the social and political life of Kent County. Rodney's father died in 1745, when he was an infant and his much older brother, Caesar Rodney became much involved in his rearing and education.
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