John STEELE, Congress, NC (1764-1815)

STEELE John , a Representative from North Carolina; born in Salisbury, N.C., November 16, 1764; attended Clio's Nursery, near Statesville, N.C., and the English School, Salisbury, N.C.; farmer; assessor in 1784; town commissioner in 1787; member of the state house of commons in 1787, 1788, 1794, 1795, 1806, and 1811-1813; delegate to the Hillsborough convention in 1788; special commissioner from North Carolina to treat with the Cherokee and Chickasaw Indians from 1788 to 1790; delegate to ratification convention in Fayetteville, 1789; elected as a Pro-Administration candidate to the First and Second Congresses and served from April 19, 1790, until March 3, 1793; appointed Comptroller of the Treasury July 1, 1796; reappointed by both President John Adams and President Jefferson and served until December 15, 1802, when he resigned; member of the board of commissioners to determine the boundary line between North Carolina and Georgia 1805-1814; died August 14, 1815, in Salisbury, N.C., having been on the same day again elected to the state house of commons; interment in Chestnut Hill Cemetery.

Bibliography

West, William Shepherd. ``John Steele: Portrait of a Moderate Southern Federalist.'' Ph.D. diss., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1972.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present