Bassett, Richard
jurist, United States senator, governor, was born in Delaware. He was a member from Delaware of the convention which formed the constitution, and signed that instrument; and was a senator in congress from 1789 to 1793. He was a presidential elector in 1797, and was the first man who cast his vote for locating the seat of government on the Potomac. He was chief justice of the federal supreme court, and governor of Delaware from 1798 to 1801. He died in September, 1815, in Delaware.