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Robert Ramsey (composer) Robert Ramsey (1590s1644) was a Scottish-born composer and organist. He seems to have been from a family of court musicians to King James VI of Scotland, who followed him to London when he became King James I of England. He probably began compo ...

.'' Robert Ramsey (February 15, 1780 – December 12, 1849) was born in

Warminster Township, Pennsylvania Warminster Township, also referred to as Warminster, is located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was formally established in 1711. The township is 13.7 miles north of Philadelphia and had a population of 33,603 according to the ...

, on February 15, 1780. He attended school in

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. He was in the

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from 1825 to 1831 and in the

23rd United States Congress The 23rd United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1833, ...

as a Jacksonian from Pennsylvania's sixth district from March 4, 1833, to March 3, 1835. He did not run for a second term to the

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, but did win reelection later in 1840 to the

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, still representing the sixth district, this time as a Whig. He served from March 4, 1841, to March 3, 1843. He once again did not run for reelection and instead left Congress to engage in agricultural pursuits. Ramsey died in

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, on December 12, 1849.

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