William Salter Blackledge (1793 – 21 March 1857) was a U.S. Congressman

United States House of Representatives

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 from North Carolina

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 between 1821 and 1823.

Born in Pitt County, North Carolina

Pitt County, North Carolina

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 133,798 people, 52,539 households, and 32,258 families residing in the county. The population density was 205 people per square mile . There were 58,408 housing units at an average density of 90 per square mile...

 the son of William Blackledge

William Blackledge

William Blackledge was a Democratic-Republican U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1803 and 1809 and between 1811 and 1813....

, who would himself become a Congressman from North Carolina, Blackledge moved to Craven County, North Carolina

Craven County, North Carolina

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 at an early age, eventually settling in New Bern

New Bern, North Carolina

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. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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, graduating in 1813.

Blackledge was elected to the North Carolina House of Commons in 1820, and soon afterwards was elected to the United States House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives

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 to fill the vacancy created by the death of Jesse Slocumb

Jesse Slocumb

Jesse Slocumb was a U.S. Congressional Representative from North Carolina.Slocumb was born in Spring Bank, North Carolina, in 1780. He completed he preparatory studies and then engaged in agricultural pursuits. He held several local offices and was a member of the court of pleas and quarter...

 and was then elected to the 17th U.S. Congress

17th United States Congress

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. Blackledge served in Congress from 7 February 1821 to 3 March 1823.

Blackledge died in 1857 in New Bern, where he is buried.

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