Richard Dobbs Spaight
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Richard Dobbs Spaight (March 25, 1758 September 6, 1802) was the eighth Governor of the American State of North Carolina from 1792 to 1795. Spaight was born in New Bern, North Carolina, the son of the Secretary of the Crown in the colony. Orphaned at the age of eight, Spaight later attended school in Ireland and graduated from the University of Glasgow.In 1778, Spaight returned to North Carolina and served as an aide to General Richard Caswell during the American Revolutionary War until 1781. Although he was elected to the North Carolina General Asse...
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Richard Dobbs Spaight (March 25, 1758 September 6, 1802) was the eighth Governor of the American State of North Carolina from 1792 to 1795. Spaight was born in New Bern, North Carolina, the son of the Secretary of the Crown in the colony. Orphaned at the age of eight, Spaight later attended school in Ireland and graduated from the University of Glasgow.In 1778, Spaight returned to North Carolina and served as an aide to General Richard Caswell during the American Revolutionary War until 1781. Although he was elected to the North Carolina General Assembly in 1779, he was denied his seat after the election was challenged. Spaight was again elected in 1781 and served until 1783.Spaight died on 6 September 1802, following injuries sustained in a duel with John Stanly, the Federalist Congressman who had defeated him in the election of 1800 for the House of Representatives. Spaight is buried in his home town New Bern.Spaight Street in centralMadison, Wisconsin is named in honor of Richard Spaight. Most of the main streets in downtown Madison are named after signers of the United States Constitution.
