Ashe, John Baptista, 1748-1802

<p>John Baptist Ashe (1748 – November 27, 1802) was a slave owner, U.S. Congressman, and Continental Army officer from Halifax, North Carolina.</p>

<p>He was born in the Rocky Point District of the Province of North Carolina in 1748. He was the son of Samuel Ashe and Mary Porter Ashe (cousin to her husband and first wife). His father's residence was called the Neck and was on the northeast Cape Fear River. His father was to be governor of the state and also brother of North Carolina militia General John Ashe. He dropped the "a" from his middle name and was known as John Baptist Ashe.</p>

<p>He owned at least 63 slaves as of the 1790 census.</p>

ASHE, John Baptista, (uncle of John Baptista Ashe), thomas Samuel Ashe, and William Shepperd Ashe), a Delegate and a Representative from North Carolina; born in Rocky Point, N.C., in 1748; was privately tutored at home; engaged in agricultural pursuits; served throughout the Revolutionary War and attained the rank of colonel in command of North Carolina troops at Valley Forge and at the Battle of Eutaw, S.C.; member of the State house of commons 1784-1786, serving as speaker of the house in 1786; Member of the Continental Congress in 1787 and served until November 1, 1787, when he resigned; served as chairman of the committee of the whole in the State convention of 1789 that ratified the Constitution of the United States; member of the State senate in 1789; elected as an Anti-Administration candidate to the First and Second Congresses and served from March 24, 1790, until March 3, 1793; resumed agricultural pursuits; again served in the State senate in 1795; elected Governor of North Carolina in 1802, but died in Halifax, N.C., November 27, 1802, before being inaugurated; interment in the Churchyard Cemetery, Halifax, N.C.

<ul><b>RACES</b>
<li>11/20/1802 NC Governor Won 60.23% (+31.58%)</li>
<li>11/25/1801 NC Governor Lost 32.58% (-34.27%)</li>
<li>11/26/1800 NC Governor Lost 7.98% (-51.64%)</li>
<li>09/00/1796 NC State House - Halifax Town Lost 0.00% (-100.00%)</li>
<li>09/00/1795 NC State House - Halifax Town Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>02/15/1793 NC District 09 Lost 33.33% (-16.67%)</li>
<li>12/11/1792 NC Governor Lost 16.85% (-21.35%)</li>
<li>01/28/1791 NC District 02 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>02/05/1790 NC District 02 Won 48.90% (+7.40%)</li>
<li>08/01/1789 NC St Senate - Halifax County Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>12/31/1786 NC Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>11/20/1786 NC State House Speaker Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
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