Clement Dorsey (1778 – August 6, 1848) was an

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politician from

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. He was born near Oaklands in

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, in 1778; attended St. John's College,

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; studied

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; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice. He was a major in the

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1812–1818. He was elected from Maryland's 1st Congressional district to the Nineteenth, Twentieth, and Twenty-first Congresses (March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1831); resumed the practice of law; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1832 to the

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; judge of the fifth circuit court of Maryland until his death in

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, St. Mary's County, Maryland, August 6, 1848; interment in a private burial ground at "Summerseat," near Laurel Grove, Maryland.

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