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Richard Spaight
Portrait by Ellen Sharples, c. 1800–1810.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from North Carolina's 10th district
In office
December 10, 1798 – March 3, 1801
Preceded byNathan Bryan
Succeeded byJohn Stanly
8th Governor of North Carolina
In office
December 14, 1792 – November 19, 1795
Preceded byAlexander Martin
Succeeded bySamuel Ashe
Personal details
Born
Richard Dobbs Spaight

(1758-03-25)March 25, 1758
New Bern, North Carolina, British America
DiedSeptember 6, 1802(1802-09-06) (aged 44)
New Bern, North Carolina, U.S.
Political partyFederalist (before 1799)
Democratic-Republican (1799–1802)
Spouse
Mary Leech
(m. 1788)
Children3, including Richard
EducationUniversity of Glasgow
Military service
AllegianceRichard Dobbs Spaight United States
Branch/serviceNorth Carolina Militia
RankMajor
Battles/warsAmerican Revolutionary War
 • Battle of Camden Court House

Richard Dobbs Spaight (March 25, 1758 – September 6, 1802) was an American Founding Father, politician, planter, and signer of the United States Constitution, who served as a Democratic-Republican U.S. Representative for North Carolina's 10th congressional district from 1798 to 1801. Spaight was the eighth governor of North Carolina from 1792 to 1795. He ran for the North Carolina Senate in 1802, and Federalist U.S. Congressman John Stanly campaigned against him as unworthy. Taking offense, Stanly challenged him to a duel on September 5, 1802, in which Stanly shot and mortally wounded Spaight, who died the following day.

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