Timothy Bloodworth

Timothy Bloodworth


United States Senator from North Carolina
In office March 4, 1795 – March 4, 1801
Preceded by	Benjamin Hawkins
Succeeded by	David Stone
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 3rd district
In office April 6, 1790 – March 3, 1791
Preceded by	District created
Succeeded by	John B. Ashe
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
In office 1793–1794
Member of the North Carolina Senate
In office 1788-1789
Personal details
Born	1736 New Hanover County, North Carolina
Died	August 24, 1814 (aged 78) Wilmington, North Carolina
Political party	Democratic-Republican

Timothy Bloodworth (1736 – August 24, 1814) was an American teacher and statesman from North Carolina.

He was born in North Carolina in 1736 and spent most of his life before the American Revolutionary War as a teacher. In 1776, he began making arms including muskets and bayonets for the Continental Army. In 1778 and 1779, he served as a member of the North Carolina state legislature. Following this, he held a number of political posts sequentially until serving as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1786.

He was elected to the First United States Congress as a member of the House of Representatives, serving from 1790 to 1791 before returning to the North Carolina state legislature. In 1794 Bloodworth was elected to the United States Senate, where he served from 1795 to 1801. From then until 1807, Bloodworth served as collector of customs in Wilmington, North Carolina. During the Second World War, liberty ship SS Timothy Bloodworth was named in his honor.