RINGGOLD, SAMUEL, a Representative from Maryland;
born in Chestertown, Md., January 15, 1770;
received a limited schooling;
moved to Washington County, Md., and settled at Fountain Rock, near Hagerstown;
engaged in agricultural pursuits;
member of the State house of delegates in 1795;
served in the State senate 1801-1806;
judge of the levy court of Washington County 1806-1810 and 1822-1826;
appointed a brigadier general in the Maryland Militia on July 7, 1810;
elected as a Republican to the Eleventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Roger Nelson;
reelected to the Twelfth and Thirteenth Congresses and served from October 15, 1810, to March 3, 1815;
served in the War of 1812;
elected to the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Congresses (March 4, 1817-March 3, 1821);
resumed agricultural pursuits;
died in Frederick, Frederick County, Md., October 18, 1829;
interment in Fountain Rock Cemetery, near Hagerstown, Washington County, Md.
