Outerbridge Horsey

There were at least seven Outerbridge Horseys.

Outerbridge Horsey I

Nathanial Horsey (born 12 October 1689 at Manokin, Somerset County, Maryland) married Martha Outerbridge in Accomack, Virginia. Among their children was Outerbridge Horsey who was born in 1715. He married Mary Dixon and had a son William Horsey. Outerbridge Horsey died before 3 November 1785 in Somerset County.

Outerbridge Horsey II

He was the grandson of Outerbridge Horsey I (and son of William Horsey and Eleanor Wailes). He was born in Reboheth, Coventry Parish, Somerset County, Maryland in 1751. He married Sarah Milbourn who was born about 1735 and had a son of the same name.

Outerbridge Horsey III

Main article: Outerbridge Horsey (senator)

Outerbridge Horsey
U. S. Senator from Delaware
In office January 12, 1810 – March 3, 1821
Preceded by	Samuel White [1]
Succeeded by	Caesar A. Rodney [2]
Personal details
Born	March 5, 1777(1777-03-05) Sussex County, Delaware
Died	June 9, 1842(1842-06-09) (aged 65) Frederick County, Maryland
Political party	Federalist
Spouse(s)	Eliza Lee
Residence	Georgetown, Delaware Wilmington, Delaware
Profession	lawyer

Outerbridge Horsey III (March 5, 1777 – June 9, 1842), was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly, as Delaware Attorney General and as United States Senator from Delaware.

Early life and family

Horsey was born March 5, 1777 in Little Creek Hundred, near Laurel, Delaware. First living in Georgetown, Delaware, he moved to Wilmington, and studied the law there under James A. Bayard, who remained his lifelong political mentor. He was admitted to the New Castle County bar in December 1807, and began a practice in Wilmington. He married Eliza Lee, daughter of Thomas Lee of Maryland.

Political career

After representing Sussex County in the State House from the 1801 session through the 1803 session, Horsey was appointed Attorney General of Delaware and served from 1806 to 1810.

In 1810 he was elected to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of U.S. Senator Samuel White. He was reelected in 1814, and served from January 12, 1810,^[3] to March 3, 1821. While in the Senate he strongly opposed the War of 1812, but once it began, supported it equally strongly. Accordingly, he became a member of the Committee of Safety and was actively involved in preparing the defenses of Wilmington and Fort Union there. In March 1814 Horsey presented a petition from the citizens of Delaware to repeal the Embargo Act of 1807, but while able to get the appointment of a committee to consider the repeal, was ultimately unsuccessful.

Several years later, he parted ways with the Delaware General Assembly which had passed a resolution asking Delaware's congressmen to vote against any extension of slavery. Horsey did not feel U.S. Congress had the right to prohibit slavery in Missouri, or anywhere else in the Louisiana Purchase, and so supported the Missouri Compromise. Understanding the unpopularity of this position he did not seek reelection when his term ended. During the 16th Congress, he served as Chairman of the Committee on the District of Columbia.

Death and legacy

Horsey died June 9, 1842 at Needwood, his wife's estate near Petersville in Frederick County, Maryland and is buried in St. John’s Cemetery, Frederick, Maryland.

A frequent supporter of education, Horsey, early in his career, urged the establishment of a library in Georgetown, and later was appointed a trustee of the College of Wilmington.

Public offices

Elections were held the first Tuesday of October. Members of the State House took office on the first Tuesday of January for a term of one year. The General Assembly chose the U.S Senators, who took office March 4 and served for a six year term.

Office	Type	Location	Elected	Took Office	Left Office	notes
State Representative	Legislature	Dover	1800	January 6, 1801	January 5, 1802
State Representative	Legislature	Dover	1801	January 5, 1802	January 4, 1803
State Representative	Legislature	Dover	1802	January 4, 1803	January 3, 1804
State Attorney General	Executive	Dover		1806	1810
U.S. Senator	Legislature	Washington		January 12, 1810	March 3, 1815	class 1
U.S. Senator	Legislature	Washington		March 4, 1815	March 3, 1821	class 1

Outerbridge Horsey IV

He was the son of the above and was born on 28 February 1819 in Delaware. He married Anna Carroll, a descendant of the Catholic settlers who crossed the Atlantic in 1633 aboard The Ark and The Dove. He was a lawyer and distiller, at Needwood estate near Burkitsville in Western Maryland. He started distilling at the age of 19 producng Horsey Pure Rye and a special brand called Golden Gate, the latter being aged by loading barrels of it aboard ships and sending it around Cape Horn to San Francisco and then back to Maryland by train. He died in 1902 and the distillery closed soon afterwards, though later Old Horsey was re-introduced.

Outerbridge Horsey V

A son of the above, he was born on 4 December 1875 in Maryland. He married Mary Digges Lee (born 29 September 1881) and lived at Burkittsville, Maryland. They had seven children, all of whom were educated in England. One became a Benedictine monk and taught at Downside School, England. He died 26 October 1931 and his wife on 10 May 1974, being buried at Petersville, Fredrick County.

Outerbridge Horsey VI

Early life and family

The son of Outerbridge Horsey V, he was born on 1 October 1910 in New York City. He was educated at Downside School, Bath, England and obtained a BA at Trinity College, Cambridge University in 1931. He then was granted a ScB at MIT in 1933. He married Mary Hamilton Lee (born October 1915) in Baltimore at the Baltimore Basilica. They had four children.

Career

He was a special assistant at the US National Emergency Council from 1934 to 1936, then a Vice Consul in the State Department (at Naples 1938-39, Budapest 1940-41, Madrid 1942-47) and First Secretary-Consul at Rome from 1947 to 1955. He was deputy director of the Office of British Commonwealth and North European Affairs from 1954-5 and Director from 1955-5. He became Minister-Counselor at Tokyo from 1956 to 1958 and Ambassador to Czechoslovakia between 1963 and 1966.

"I am the sixth Outerbridge Horsey and my unhappy son is the seventh. In fact, the only trouble with any new post is explaining the name to people" (Time, 30 November 1962).

Death

He died on 18 August 1983.

Outerbridge Horsey VII

He is an architect in Georgetown and is the principal in Outerbridge Horsey Associates, PLLC. They specialise in custom residential architecture. He was previously a partner in the firm of Horsey and Thorpe from 1991 to 2002.

Notes

1. ^ this seat was vacant from November 4, 1809 until January 12, 1810.
2. ^ this seat was vacant from March 4, 1821 until January 23, 1822.
3. ^ seated January 29, 1810.

References

• DePuydt, Peter J. (Spring 2009). "Free at Last, Someday: Senator Outerbridge Horsey and Manumission in the Nineteenth Century". Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies 76: 164–178. 
• Martin, Roger A. (1995). Memoirs of the Senate. Newark, DE: Roger A. Martin. 
• Munroe, John A. (1954). Federalist Delaware 1775-1815. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University. 
• Wilson, W. Emerson (1969). Forgotten Heroes of Delaware. Cambridge, MA: Deltos Publishing Company. 

External links

• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Delaware’s Senators
• Find a Grave [1]
• History of Delaware 1609-1888
• Political Graveyard

Persondata
Name	Horsey, Outerbridge
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	March 5, 1777
Place of birth	Sussex County, Delaware
Date of death	June 9, 1842
Place of death	Frederick County, Maryland