John Tolley Hood Worthington
John Tolley Hood Worthington (November 1, 1788 – April 27, 1849) was a U.S. Representative from Maryland.
Born at "Shewan," near Baltimore, Maryland, Worthington received a limited schooling. He engaged in agricultural pursuits.
Worthington was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second Congress (March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1832 to the Twenty-third Congress and for election in 1834 to the Twenty-fourth Congress.
Worthington was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses, where he served from March 4, 1837 to March 3, 1841. After Congress, he resumed agricultural pursuits. He died at "Shewan" in Baltimore County, Maryland, and was interred in a private cemetery on his farm. He was reinterred in St. John's Episcopal Churchyard in Worthington Valley, Maryland.
References
- United States Congress. "John Tolley Hood Worthington (id: W000748)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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Preceded by Elias Brown |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 5th congressional district 1831–1833 |
Succeeded by Isaac McKim |
Preceded by James Turner |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 3rd congressional district 1837–1841 |
Succeeded by James Wray Williams |
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