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His namesake and nephew, [[John Baptista Ashe (representative)|John Baptista Ashe]], served in [[United States Congress|Congress]] as a Representative from [[Tennessee]].
His namesake and nephew, [[John Baptista Ashe (representative)|John Baptista Ashe]], served in [[United States Congress|Congress]] as a Representative from [[Tennessee]].


==External links==

== External link ==
* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000307 Ashe's Congressional biography]
* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000307 Ashe's Congressional biography]
*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8586693 John Baptista Ashe] at Find-A-Grave
*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8586693 John Baptista Ashe] at Find-A-Grave

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John Baptista Ashe (1748 – 27 November 1802) was an American planter, soldier, and statesman from North Carolina. He was born in Rocky Point township of Pender County, North Carolina in 1748, the son of Samuel Ashe. He was a Colonel in the Continental Army, served at Valley Forge, and fought in the Battle of Eutaw Springs.

Ashe was elected to the North Carolina House of Commons and served as Speaker of that body. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1787. In 1789, Ashe was a delegate and Chairman of the Committee of the Whole of the state convention that ratified the U.S. Constitution. That same year, he served in the North Carolina Senate.

Ashe was elected to the First United States Congress and the Second United States Congress as an "Anti-Administration" (what became Anti-Federalist or Democratic-Republican) candidate, serving from 1790 to 1793.

In 1802, the North Carolina General Assembly elected Ashe Governor, but he died before he could take office.

His namesake and nephew, John Baptista Ashe, served in Congress as a Representative from Tennessee.