Lyle Tayson: Richard Dobbs Spaight

Artist: Lyle Tayson
1924 -
Nationality: American
Artwork Year: 1977
Image Size: 7.5 by 10.25 inches
Overall Size: 12 by 16 inches
Medium: Water Color on Cold Press Illustration Board

Richard Dobbs Spaight was one of three Founding Fathers who died as a result of a duel over politics. Richard Dobbs Spaight was born in New Bern, North Carolina in 1758. Orphaned at the age of eight, his guardians sent him to Ireland, where he received an excellent education. He returned to North Carolina in 1778, and joined the Revolutionary forces in the War for Independence. He was appointed as aide-de-camp to the governor of North Carolina, and later rose to lieutenant colonel in a regiment of artillery. Entering politics at the age of thwenty-three, Spaight was elected to represent the town of New Bern in the state legislature from 1781 to 1783. He was appointed one of North Carolina's delegates to the Congress of the Confederation in 1793. Spaight was elected by the legislature to the Constitutional Convention in 1787. Although not a leader at the Convention, Spaight spoke on several occasions and numbered among those who attended every session. After the Convention, he worked for his State's ratification of the Constitution. In 1798, Spaight entered the U.S. House of Representatives as a Democratic-Republican and remained in office until 1801. He later won election to both the lower and upper Houses of the North Carolina legislature. Sadly, in 1802, Spaight was struck down in a duel at New Bern with a political rival, Federalist John Stanly.

This artwork was originally published on the Fleetwood® First Day Cover for The Signers of the Constitution Collection issued on September 17, 1987.

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