Richard Bassett (April 2, 1745 – September 15, 1815) was a Delaware attorney and politician, veteran of the American Revolutionary War, delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1787, signer of the United States Constitution, United States Senator from Delaware, Chief Justice of the Delaware Court of Common Pleas, Governor of Delaware and a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Circuit Court for the Third Circuit. He holds the overall seniority position of #1 in the history of the United States Senate.
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2 April 1745 Cecil County, Maryland
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15 August 1815 (aged 70) Cecil County, Maryland
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