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Caesar Rodney Biography
Revolutionary War Figure
Caesar Rodney signed the American Declaration of Independence and became one of Delaware's earliest heroes. Rodney served as judge, militia general, delegate to the Continental Congress, speaker of the assembly, and in other assorted offices in Delaware before and after the American Revolution. He is most revered for his 80-mile horseback dash from Delaware to Philadelphia in July, 1776 to cast his vote for independence from Great Britain. The ride was depicted on a special Delaware quarter struck in 1999.
Extra credit: Rodney suffered from a disfiguring facial cancer in the last years of his life... He never married and had no children.
Rodney appears with Grover Cleveland in our loop on the Facially Challenged.
Blog posts mentioning Caesar Rodney:
Four Good Links
Delaware's Hero for All Times
Glowing official state history of Rodney
The U.S. Mint: 50 State Quarters
Simple info on both the coins and Rodney
Where is Caesar Rodney Really Buried?
2007 report from Delaware Online
Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Profiles of Rodney, John Hancock and all the others
Vital Stats
Birth
Birthplace
Death
c. 26 June 1784
(cancer, age 55)
Best Known As
The horseman on the Delaware quarter