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Spaight served as a member of the North Carolina House of Commons 1779-1783.  Following the war, he was elected a delegate to the [[Continental Congress]], serving from 1783-1785.  Spaight was elected eighth governor of North Carolina in 1792, and remained in office until 1795.

Spaight served as a member of the North Carolina House of Commons 1779-1783.  Following the war, he was elected a delegate to the [[Continental Congress]], serving from 1783-1785.  Spaight was elected eighth governor of North Carolina in 1792, and remained in office until 1795.

[[Nathan Bryan]]'s death in 1798 left his seat in the [[United States House of Representatives]] vacant; Spaight was elected to this seat as a [[Republican]], serving the remainder of Bryan's term.  He was again elected to a two-year term in 1799; in 1801, having lost his bid for re-election to [[John Stanly]], he returned to state government as a member of the North Carolina state senate.

Increasingly frustrated with the Federalist Party's abandonment of states' rights, Spaight came to be associated with the [[Democratic-Republican Party]], led by [[Thomas Jefferson]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=YQEP0X6J4m4C&pg=PP7 Richard Dobbs Spaight]</ref>  [[Nathan Bryan]]'s death in 1798 left his seat in the [[United States House of Representatives]] vacant; Spaight was elected to this seat as a [[Republican]], serving the remainder of Bryan's term.  He was again elected to a two-year term in 1799; in 1801, having lost his bid for re-election to [[John Stanly]], he returned to state government as a member of the North Carolina state senate.

==Constitutional Convention==

==Constitutional Convention==