David Ramsay
American historian
Died when: 66 years 36 days (793 months)Star Sign: Aries
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David Ramsay (April 2, 1749 – May 8, 1815) was an American physician, public official, and historian from Charleston, South Carolina.He was one of the first major historians of the American Revolutionary War.
During the Revolution he served in the South Carolina legislature until he was captured by the British.After his release he served as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1782–1783 and again in 1785–1786.
Afterwards he served in the state House and Senate until retiring from public service.In 1803, Ramsay was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia.
He was murdered in 1815 by a mentally ill man whom Ramsay had examined as a physician.He is the first American politician to be assassinated.
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