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Richard Bassett
Anti-Administration · Senate · Delaware · 1789–1793
Richard Bassett was a Anti-Administration U.S. senator from Delaware, serving 1789–1793. Cast 126 votes and missed 17.1%.
- Years in Congress
- 3
- Votes missed
- 17.1%
- Born
- 1745
- Died
- 1815
Biography
Richard Bassett (April 2, 1745 – September 15, 1815) was an American politician, attorney, slave owner and later abolitionist, veteran of the American Revolution, signer of the United States Constitution, and one of the Founding Fathers of America.
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Terms in office
- Senate, Delaware1789–1793 · Anti-Administration
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Capitol Receipts, “Richard Bassett (A-DE), Senate 1789–1793,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/past-member/B000226/richard-bassett (accessed 2026-10-17).