Dempsey Burges
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Dempsey Burgess (1751 – 13 January 1800) was a Democratic-Republican U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1795 and 1799.
Born in Shiloh, North Carolina, in Camden County, Burgess was a member of the North Carolina Provincial Congress in 1775 and 1776. He was a soldier in the American Revolutionary War, serving first as major of the Pasquotank Minutemen and later as lieutenant colonel of Gregory’s Continental Regiment.
Burgess was elected as a Republican to the 4th and 5th U.S. Congresses, serving from March 4, 1795 to March 3, 1799. He died in Camden County, North Carolina in 1800 and is buried in the Shiloh Baptist Churchyard.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 8th congressional district 1795-1799 |
Succeeded by David Stone |
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- 1751 births
- 1800 deaths
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina
- 18th-century American politicians
- North Carolina Democratic-Republicans
- Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives
- People from Camden County, North Carolina
- People of colonial North Carolina
- Burials in North Carolina
- Continental Army officers from North Carolina
