John Tolley Hood Worthington (November 1, 1788 - April 27, 1849) was a U.S. Representative

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 from Maryland

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Born at "Shewan," near Baltimore, Maryland, Worthington received a limited schooling.
He engaged in agricultural pursuits.

Worthington was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second

22nd United States Congress

-House of Representatives:-Leadership:- Senate :* President:** John C. Calhoun , resigned December 28, 1832, thereafter vacant.* President pro tempore:** Samuel Smith , first elected December 5, 1831** Littleton W...

 Congress (March 4, 1831-March 3, 1833).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1832 to the Twenty-third

23rd United States Congress

-House of Representatives:For the beginning of this congress, the size of the House was increased from 213 seats to 240 seats, following the 1830 United States Census .- Leadership :- Senate :* President: Martin Van Buren...

 Congress and for election in 1834 to the Twenty-fourth

24th United States Congress

-House of Representatives:During this congress one House seat was added for each of the new states of Arkansas and Michigan.-Leadership:- Senate :* President: Martin Van Buren * President pro tempore: William R. King - House of Representatives :...

 Congress.

Worthington was elected as a Democrat

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 to the Twenty-fifth

25th United States Congress

-House of Representatives:-Leadership:- Senate :* President: Richard Mentor Johnson * President pro tempore: William R. King - House of Representatives :* Speaker: James K. Polk -Members:This list is arranged by chamber, then by state...

 and Twenty-sixth

26th United States Congress

-House of Representatives:- Leadership :- Senate :*President: Richard M. Johnson *President pro tempore: William R. King - House of Representatives :*Speaker: Robert M.T. Hunter -Members:This list is arranged by chamber, then by state...

 Congresses, where he served from March 4, 1837 to March 3, 1841. After Congress, he resumed agricultural pursuits. He died at "Shewan" in Baltimore County, Maryland

Baltimore County, Maryland

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, and was interred in a private cemetery on his farm. He was reinterred in St. John's Episcopal Churchyard in Worthington Valley, Maryland.