Editing Caesar Rodney (section)

{{short description|American Founding Father and politician}}
{{about|the lawyer and politician from late 18th-century Delaware|his nephew, the US Attorney General|Caesar Augustus Rodney}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = 
| name                = Caesar Rodney
| honorific-suffix    = 
| image               = CaesarRodney (cropped).jpeg
| image_size          = 150
| caption             = 20th-century image; no contemporary portrait exists.<ref name="ANB">John A. Munroe. "Rodney, Caesar"; ''[[American National Biography Online]]'', February 2000.</ref>
| office              = [[List of governors of Delaware|4th President of Delaware]]
| term_start          = March 31, 1778
| term_end            = November 6, 1781
| predecessor         = [[George Read (American politician, born 1733)|George Read]]
| successor           = [[John Dickinson]]
| office2             = [[Continental Congress|Continental Congressman<br />from Delaware]]
| term_start2         = August 2, 1774
| term_end2           = November 7, 1776
| predecessor2        = 
| successor2          = 
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1728|10|7|mf=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Kent County, Delaware|Kent County]], [[Delaware Colony]]
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1784|6|26|1728|10|7}}
| death_place         = [[Kent County, Delaware|Kent County]], [[Delaware]]
| resting_place       = [[Kent County, Delaware|Kent County]], [[Delaware]]
| spouse              = 
| party               = [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| alma_mater          = 
| occupation          = 
| profession          = politician, lawyer
| signature           = C Rodney Signature.svg
| branch              = [[Delaware Army National Guard|Delaware Militia]]
| battles             = {{tree list}}
*[[American Revolutionary War]]
**[[1780 Black Camp Rebellion]]
{{tree list/end}}
| rank                = Major General
}}

'''Caesar Rodney''' (October 7, 1728 – June 26, 1784)<ref name=HouseBio>{{cite book |title=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774–2005 |last=U. S. House of Representatives |year=2005 |publisher=Joint Committee on Printing |location=Washington, D. C. |page=1828 |url=http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/cdocuments/hd108-222/r.pdf |access-date=July 27, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112212804/http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/cdocuments/hd108-222/r.pdf |archive-date=January 12, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> was an  American [[Founding Fathers of the United States|Founding Father]], lawyer, and politician from [[St. Jones Neck]] in [[Dover Hundred]], [[Kent County, Delaware]]. He was an officer of the Delaware militia during the [[French and Indian War]] and the [[American Revolutionary War]], a [[Continental Congress]]man from Delaware, a signer of the [[Continental Association]] and [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]], and [[List of governors of Delaware|president of Delaware]] during most of the [[American Revolution]].