Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949

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Blackledge, William Salter

Blackledge, William Salter (son of William Blackledge), a Representative from North Carolina; born in Pitt County, N.C., in 1793; moved to Craven County, N.C., and settled in New Bern; graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1813; member of the State house of commons in 1820; elected as a Democrat to the Sixteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Jesse Slocumb; reelected to the Seventeenth Congress and served from February 7, 1821, until March 3, 1823; died in New Bern, Craven County, N.C., March 21, 1857; interment in New Bern Cemetery.

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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Blackledge, William Salter," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.855 Original Sources, accessed May 1, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CP1J14D5JSA33G3.

MLA: U.S. Congress. "Blackledge, William Salter." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.855, Original Sources. 1 May. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CP1J14D5JSA33G3.

Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Blackledge, William Salter' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.855. Original Sources, retrieved 1 May 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CP1J14D5JSA33G3.