Contee, Benjamin, 1755-1815

<ul><b>RACES</b>
<li>10/04/1790 MD District 3 Lost 38.44% (-23.13%)</li>
<li>01/10/1789 MD District 3 Won 70.07% (+40.14%)</li>
<li>12/31/1787 MD Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
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<p>Benjamin Contee (1755 – November 30, 1815) was an American Episcopal priest and statesman from Maryland. He was an officer in the American Revolutionary War, a delegate to the Confederation Congress, and member of the first United States House of Representatives.</p>

<p>Contee was the son of Col. Thomas Contee (1729–1811) and Sarah Fendall (1732–1793). He was born at "Brookefield", near Nottingham, Prince George's County, Maryland, the home of his father, and original home of his ancestor, Maj. Thomas Brooke, Sr., Esq. (1632–1676).</p>

<p>At beginning of the Revolutionary War, Contee entered the Continental Army, rising to the rank of captain of the 3rd Maryland Regiment, which proved to be one of the army's elite units until its near annihilation at the Battle of Camden.</p>

CONTEE, Benjamin, (uncle of Alexander Contee Hanson, granduncle of Thomas Contee Worthington), a Delegate and a Representative from Maryland; born at "Brookefield," near Nottingham, Prince George's County, Md., in 1755; attended a private school; served in the Revolutionary War as lieutenant and captain in the Third Maryland Battalion; member of the State house of delegates 1785-1787; Member of the Continental Congress in 1788; elected as an Anti-Administration candidate to the First Congress (March 4, 1789-March 3, 1791); was not a candidate for renomination in 1790; traveled in various European countries, and studied theology; continued theological study on his return to the United States, and was ordained a minister of the Episcopal Church in 1803; was pastor of the Episcopal Church at Port Tobacco, Charles County; was serving as presiding judge of the Charles County Orphans' Court at the time of his death; died in Charles County, Md., November 30, 1815; interment at "Bromont," his former home, near Port Tobacco, Md.