Category: Virginia

Senator | Democrat-Republican | MONROE, James, (nephew of Joseph Jones, uncle of James Monroe), a Delegate and a Senator from Virginia and 5th President of the United States; born in Westmoreland County, Va., April 28, 1758; pursued classical studies; attended William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Va., in 1776 and left to enter the Continental Army… Continue reading James Monroe

Governor | Democrat-Republican | JEFFERSON, Thomas, (father-in-law of Thomas Mann Randolph, father-in-law of John Wayles Eppes), a Delegate from Virginia, a Vice President and 3d President of the United States; born at “Shadwell,” Va., in present-day Albemarle County, Va., on April 13, 1743; attended a preparatory school; graduated from William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Va.,… Continue reading Thomas Jefferson

Treasurer | Democrat-Republican | TUCKER, Thomas Tudor, (uncle of Henry St. George Tucker), a Delegate and a Representative from South Carolina; born in Port Royal, Bermuda, June 25, 1745; attended the common schools; studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland; moved to South Carolina and practiced medicine; served as a surgeon in the Revolutionary… Continue reading Thomas Tucker