Joseph Eggleston

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Joseph Eggleston (born November 24, 1754 in Middlesex County , Colony of Virginia , †  February 13, 1811 in Amelia County , Virginia ) was an American politician . Between 1798 and 1801 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

At the age of four, Joseph Eggleston came to his father's plantation. He enjoyed a private education and then attended until 1776 the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg . Eggleston joined the American Revolution and served as a captain and later as a major in a cavalry unit ( Lee's Lighthorse Cavalry ) that belonged to the Continental Army . After the war he worked in agriculture on his father's plantation. After his death in 1792 he inherited his possessions, which he expanded further. At the same time he embarked on a political career. Between 1785 and 1788 and again from 1791 to 1799 he sat in the Virginia House of Representatives . In the late 1790s he became a member of the Democratic Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson .

After the resignation of MP William Branch Giles , Eggleston was elected in the by-election for the ninth seat of Virginia as his successor to the US House of Representatives, which was then still in Philadelphia , where he took up his new mandate on December 3, 1798. After being re-elected, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1801 . During this time, the new federal capital Washington, DC was moved into in 1800 . In 1800 he renounced another candidacy.

After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, Eggleston operated again on his agricultural estates. From 1801 he was also a justice of the peace in his homeland. He died in Amelia County on February 13, 1811. Joseph Eggleston was married twice and had a total of five children. His nephew William S. Archer (1789–1855) represented the state of Virginia in both chambers of Congress.

Web links

  • Joseph Eggleston in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Eggleston, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1754
PLACE OF BIRTH Middlesex County , Virginia
DATE OF DEATH February 13, 1811
Place of death Amelia County , Virginia