Caesar Rodney Episode 43
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Caesar Rodney, a Founding Father of the United States. He was a lawyer and politician from Delaware who played a crucial role in the American Revolution. Rodney was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and is best known for his dramatic 80-mile midnight ride through a thunderstorm to Philadelphia, where he cast the deciding vote in favor of independence. Rodney served as a Continental Congressman, an officer in the Delaware militia, and later as President of Delaware during the Revolutionary War. Despite his contributions, he remains relatively unknown compared to other Founding Fathers, possibly due to a facial deformity, likely caused by cancer, which led to a lack of portraits of him.
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