Henry Latimer
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Henry Latimer (April 24, 1752 – December 19, 1819) was an American physician and politician from Newport, Delaware.
He was elected to the Continental Congress from Delaware, and was a member of the Federalist Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly, as U.S. Representative from Delaware, and U.S. Senator from Delaware.
Early life and family
Latimer was born in Newport in the Delaware Colony, son of James Latimer, Sr. and Sarah Geddes. His father was a wealthy grain shipper and politician, who was a member of the House of Assembly in the 1778/79 session and a member of the Delaware convention that ratified the U.S. Constitution on December 7, 1787. Latimer's brother, George, also served in the House of Assembly from the 1779/80 session through the 1781/82 session. Later he moved to Philadelphia where he became Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1794.
Latimer studied medicine, and attended the College of Philadelphia (now the University of Pennsylvania) in Philadelphia and graduated in 1773, going to University of Edinburgh Medical School in Scotland in 1775 to complete his education. Returning in the midst of the American Revolution, he served in the "Flying Hospital," a mobile surgical unit of the Continental Army. He was at the Battle of Brandywine and continued through the end of the war. After the war he was an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati.
Professional and political career
Latimer was elected to the Continental Congress on April 8, 1784, but he was late to the session in Annapolis, Maryland, where he was swapped. He was elected to the House of Assembly like his father and brother and served from the 1787/88 session to the 1790/91 session. In that last session, he was the Speaker.
By a thirty-vote margin, Latimer lost the 1792 election for the House of Commons to Major John Patten by thirty votes, but Patton's election to the U.S. House was contested. The Federalist majority in the city scrutinized the ballots, but the candidates' names were not disqualified enough of Patton's votes to warrant the seat to Latimer, owing to a vague statute that allowed the names of two candidates on the ballot. He was seated in 1794, amid a great deal of bitterness. Latimer resigned from the US House of Representatives on February 7, 1795, after losing an election to Patten in 1794. Senator George Read, from the United States. He was elected in 1796 and served until February 28, 1801, when he then resigned, finishing Read's term. Some believe he resigned because of the tactics of his political rivals who were still bitter over the circumstances of the contested election in 1792.
Latimer served on the Wilmington Academy board, as president of the First Agricultural Society of New Castle County, and president of the Board of Trustees of Newark College at various times. He was a charter member of the Delaware Medical Society.