U.S. Congressman. Born in Mount Airy, Virginia, he was educated in preparatory studies, he was successful in agricultural pursuits and was a member of the Virginia State House of Delegates, (1818-19). He was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses, serving (1833-37) and reelected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses, serving (1849-53). Declining to be a candidate for re-nomination, he resumed agricultural pursuits until his death at age 80 in Putnam County, West Virginia.
U.S. Congressman. Born in Mount Airy, Virginia, he was educated in preparatory studies, he was successful in agricultural pursuits and was a member of the Virginia State House of Delegates, (1818-19). He was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses, serving (1833-37) and reelected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses, serving (1849-53). Declining to be a candidate for re-nomination, he resumed agricultural pursuits until his death at age 80 in Putnam County, West Virginia.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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