Tench Ringgold

He was U.S. marshal of the District of Columbia, appointed by President James Monroe (1817—1825) and serving in the position through 1830, during the first two years of the administration of Andrew Jackson.

He was appointed Treasurer of the Georgetown Savings Institution in what was then a separate jurisdiction later annexed by the District of Columbia.

Tench Ringgold was born in Washington County, Maryland, the son of Mary Galloway (daughter of Samuel Galloway III) and Thomas Ringgold V.[1] The family's youngest son, he was born after the death of his father, a prominent merchant and slave trader based in Maryland's Eastern Shore.

[2] The Galloway and Ringgold families were prominent land owners and merchants who had resided in Maryland since the early seventeenth century.

Tench enjoyed a comfortable upbringing, growing up on the vast estate, Fountain Rock, outside of Hagerstown, Maryland.

[3] Tench Ringgold would continue to own enslaved people throughout his life, trading them between his family members as well as between his city residence and country estates.

[7] Afterward, he was named as a member of the Presidential Commission in charge of restoring important Washington buildings after the burning, including the Capitol.