RODNEY, Caesar, (uncle of Caesar Augustus Rodney, brother of Thomas Rodney), a Delegate from Delaware; born in Dover, Del., October 7, 1728; completed preparatory studies; engaged in agricultural pursuits; high sheriff of Kent County, 1755-1758; justice of the peace; judge of all lower courts; captain in the Kent County Militia in 1756; superintendent of the printing of Delaware currency in 1759; member of the state assembly, 1762-1769; superintendent of the loan office in 1769; associate justice of the Delaware supreme court, 1769-1777; served in the Revolutionary War as a brigadier general; Delegate to the First Continental Congress, 1774; Delegate to the Second Continental Congress, 1775-1776; signed the Declaration of Independence; elected President of Delaware and served from 1778 to 1782; elected to the Confederation Congress in 1782 and 1783, but did not serve; died in Dover, Del., June 26, 1784; interment on his farm, "Byfield," near Dover; reinterment in Christ Churchyard, Dover, Del.
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