Richard Stanford (2 March 1767 - 9 April 1816) was a Democratic-Republican Party|Republican]] U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1797 and 1816. Born near Vienna, Maryland in 1767, Stanford moved to Hawfields, North Carolina around 1793 and established an academy. He was elected to Congress as a Republican in 1796 and was re-elected nine times before his death in Georgetown, [[Washington, D.C.|Georgetown]] in 1816. Wikipedia
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