Richard Stanford (March 2, 1767 – April 9, 1816) was a

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from

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between 1797 and 1816.

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Born near

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in 1767, Stanford moved to

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, around 1793 and established an academy. He was elected to Congress as a

in 1796 and was re-elected nine times before his death in Georgetown in 1816. During the 13th Congress, Stanford chaired the Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business. He is buried in the

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. Stanford was the grandfather of

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William Robert Webb.

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