Category: Virginia

Representative | Federalist | LEE, HENRY, (brother of Richard Bland Lee, grandfather of William Henry Fitzhugh Lee), A Delegate and a Representative from Virginia; born at “Leesylvania,” in Prince William County, Va., January 29, 1756; pursued classical studies and was graduated from Princeton College in 1773; served in the Revolutionary War; commissioned captain of a… Continue reading Lighthorse Harry Lee

Treasurer | Democrat | HUNTER, ROBERT MERCER TALIAFERRO, a Representative and a Senator from Virginia; born at “Mount Pleasant,” near Loretto, Essex County, Va., April 21, 1809; tutored at home; graduated from the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1828; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1830 and commenced practice at Lloyds; member, State… Continue reading Robert M.T. Hunter

Secretary of State | Republican | PARRIS, STANFORD E., a Representative from Virginia; born in Champaign, Champaign County, Ill., September 9, 1929; attended the public schools of Illinois; B.S., University of Illinois, Champaign, 1950; J.D., George Washington University, Washington, D.C., 1958; served in the United States Air Force during the Korean conflict, 1950-1954; awarded Distinguished… Continue reading Stanford Parris

Attorney General | Federalist | RANDOLPH, EDMUND JENINGS, (nephew of Peyton Randolph), a Delegate from Virginia; born in Williamsburg, Va., August 10, 1753; was graduated from the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va.; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Williamsburg; served in the Revolutionary Army and was aide-de-camp to… Continue reading Edmund Randolph

Representative | Democrat-Republican | NEWTON, Thomas, Jr., a Representative from Virginia; born in Norfolk, Va., November 21, 1768; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the Virginia bar and commenced practice in Norfolk; member of the Virginia state house of delegates 1796-1799; elected as a Republican to the Seventh through the Seventeenth Congresses, and… Continue reading Thomas Newton, Jr.

Representative | Democrat | SWANSON, Claude Augustus, a Representative and a Senator from Virginia; born in Swansonville, Va., March 31, 1862; attended the public schools; taught school; attended the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (now the Virginia Polytechnic Institute) at Blacksburg; graduated from Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Va., in 1885 and from the law department of… Continue reading Claude Swanson

Representative | Democrat | SMITH, Howard Worth, a Representative from Virginia; born in Broad Run, Fauquier County Va., February 2, 1883; attended the public schools; was graduated from Bethel Military Academy, Warrenton, Va., in 1901 and from the law department of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1903; was admitted to the bar in… Continue reading Howard Smith

Representative | Democrat | MONTAGUE, Andrew Jackson, a Representative from Virginia; born near Lynchburg, Campbell County, Va., October 3, 1862; attended public and private schools; was graduated from Richmond (Va.) College in 1882 and from the law department of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1885; was admitted to the bar in 1885 and… Continue reading Andrew Jackson Montague

Representative | Democrat-Republican | GILES, William Branch, a Representative and a Senator from Virginia; born near Amelia Court House, Amelia County, Va., August 12, 1762; pursued classical studies and graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1781; studied law; admitted to the bar and practiced in Petersburg, Va., 1784-1789; elected to… Continue reading William Branch Giles

Representative | Whig | MERCER, Charles Fenton, (cousin of Robert Selden Garnett), a Representative from Virginia; born in Fredericksburg, Va., June 16, 1778; was graduated from Princeton College in 1797; took a postgraduate course in the same college and received his degree in 1800; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1802 and commenced… Continue reading Charles Fenton Mercer