Outerbridge Horsey

Outerbridge Horsey III (March 5, 1777 – June 9, 1842) was an American lawyer and politician. He was a member of the Federalist Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly, as 4th Attorney General of Delaware from 1806–1810 and as United States Senator from Delaware from 1810–1821. Early life, education and marriage Horsey was born in Little Creek Hundred, near Laurel, Sussex County, Delaware. After living in Georgetown, he moved to Wilmington, and studied the law there under James A. Bayard, who remained his lifelong political mentor. 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. He married Elizabeth Digges Lee, daughter of former Governor Thomas Sim Lee (1745-1819) of Maryland. They had at least two sons who survived to adulthood, Outerbridge Horsey (1819-1902) and Thomas Sim Lee Horsey (1816-1834). Although the latter had no surviving children, the former's son (this man's grandson) Outerbridge Horsey (1875-1931) lived in New York, and his son (this man's great grandson)Outerbridge Horsey (diplomat) (1910-1983) became a career U.S. diplomat and lived in the District of Columbia, as does his son of thesame name. Early legal career He was admitted to the Delaware Bar in December 1807, and began a practice in Wilmington. One source believes he served as a delegate in Delaware's legislature in 1800-1802, but his father may have shared the same name.