{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} <!-- This article was automatically created by User:polbot from http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=O000100. The prose may be stilted, and there may be grammatical and Wikification errors. Please improve in any way you see fit. -->'''Stephen Ormsby''' (1759{{spnd}}March 4, 1844) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.
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He was born in County Sligo, Ireland, immigrated to the Thirteen Colonies when a boy, and settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He pursued classical studies and studied law.
Ormsby was admitted to the bar in 1786 and commenced the practice of his profession in Danville, Kentucky. He became Deputy Attorney General of Jefferson County, Kentucky in 1787. Ormsby served in the early Indian wars, and as a brigadier general under Gen. Josiah Harmar in the campaign of 1790. He served as judge of the district court of Jefferson County in 1791, as a presidential elector in 1796, and as a judge of the circuit court 1802–1810. He was a U.S. Senate candidate in 1798.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Campaigns - KY US Senate Race - Nov 03, 1798 |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=411734 |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=www.ourcampaigns.com}}</ref>
Ormsby was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Twelfth Congress (March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Thirteenth Congress.
Ormsby was elected to the Thirteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative-elect John Simpson. He was then re-elected to the Fourteenth Congress and served from April 20, 1813, to March 3, 1817, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Fifteenth Congress.
He was appointed first president of the branch of the Bank of the United States of Louisville, Kentucky, in 1817.
Stephen Ormsby died near Louisville, Kentucky on March 4, 1844.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=pXbYITw4ZesC&dq=stephens+ormsby+1844&pg=PA678 The Encyclopedia of Louisville]</ref> He was interred in the Ormsby Burial Ground (later the property of the Kentucky Military Institute) at Lyndon, near Louisville, Kentucky.
==References== {{CongBio|O000100}} *{{cite book |last=Allen |first=William B. |title=A History of Kentucky: Embracing Gleanings, Reminiscences, Antiquities, Natural Curiosities, Statistics, and Biographical Sketches of Pioneers, Soldiers, Jurists, Lawyers, Statesmen, Divines, Mechanics, Farmers, Merchants, and Other Leading Men, of All Occupations and Pursuits |publisher=Bradley & Gilbert |year=1872 |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_s_wTAAAAYAAJ |accessdate=November 10, 2008 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_s_wTAAAAYAAJ/page/n284 283]}} {{reflist}}
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