US Congressman. He was born near Charles Town, Virginia, (now West Virginia), in about 1789. He was educated locally and pursued an academic course as a child. He then studied law and practiced. He married Elizabeth Scott Horner in Fauquier, Virginia, on January 1, 1815, and the couple would have two children together, a boy and a girl. He then decided to enter politics and he ran for a seat in the United States Congress and was elected to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative George French Strother. A Member of the Democratic-Republican Party, he then served Virginia's 10th District and 15th District (Seventeenth Congress), in the United States House of Representatives from November 13, 1820, to March 3, 1823. After his term in the United States Congress expired he was succeeded in office by United States Representative William Cabell Rives on March 4, 1823. After leaving the United States Congress he returned to his practice of law in Warrenton, Virginia. He made the principal speech upon the visit of General Marquis de Lafayette to Warrenton, Virginia, on August 23, 1825. He passed away in Warrenton, Virginia, in 1862, at the age of about 73, and was buried in the Warrenton Cemetery in that city. His wife Elizabeth passed away in Fauquier, Virginia, on August 1, 1842, nine days before her 59th birthday.
US Congressman. He was born near Charles Town, Virginia, (now West Virginia), in about 1789. He was educated locally and pursued an academic course as a child. He then studied law and practiced. He married Elizabeth Scott Horner in Fauquier, Virginia, on January 1, 1815, and the couple would have two children together, a boy and a girl. He then decided to enter politics and he ran for a seat in the United States Congress and was elected to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative George French Strother. A Member of the Democratic-Republican Party, he then served Virginia's 10th District and 15th District (Seventeenth Congress), in the United States House of Representatives from November 13, 1820, to March 3, 1823. After his term in the United States Congress expired he was succeeded in office by United States Representative William Cabell Rives on March 4, 1823. After leaving the United States Congress he returned to his practice of law in Warrenton, Virginia. He made the principal speech upon the visit of General Marquis de Lafayette to Warrenton, Virginia, on August 23, 1825. He passed away in Warrenton, Virginia, in 1862, at the age of about 73, and was buried in the Warrenton Cemetery in that city. His wife Elizabeth passed away in Fauquier, Virginia, on August 1, 1842, nine days before her 59th birthday.
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