John Wayles Eppes

John Wayles Eppes (born April 19, 1773 in Eppington , Chesterfield County , Colony of Virginia , † September 13, 1823 in Buckingham County , Virginia ) was an American politician ( Democratic Republican Party ) who represented the state of Virginia in both chambers of Congress .

John Eppes was the youngest child of his parents and the only son after five daughters. He attended the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and graduated from Hampden-Sydney College in 1786 . He then studied law , was inducted into the bar in 1794 and began practicing law in Richmond . In October 1797 he married his cousin Mary Jefferson, the daughter of the then US Vice President and later President Thomas Jefferson . She gave birth to three children: a stillborn daughter, son Francis , who later became president of the University of Florida , and daughter Martha. Eppes' wife died two months after her birth in February 1804. Eppes entered into a second marriage in 1809, which resulted in two more children.

Eppes had his first political mandate from 1801 to 1803 as a member of the Virginia House of Representatives. On March 4, 1803, he moved as a representative of the 16th Congressional electoral district of Virginia in the House of Representatives of the United States , where he remained after three re-elections until March 3, 1811. He then spent two years on his Milbrook plantation before returning to Congress for a two-year term. Among other things, he temporarily chaired the Committee on Ways and Means .

In 1814, Eppes stood for re-election, but was subject to John Randolph of Roanoke , who then replaced him on March 4, 1815 as a member of parliament. In 1815 he was elected to the US Senate , but did not take office. In 1816 he was re-elected to the Senate and represented Virginia as a Senator in Congress from 1817. He took over the chairmanship of the finance committee , but resigned his mandate on December 4, 1819 for health reasons. Eppes spent the last years of his life on his Buckingham County plantation, where he died in September 1823. He was buried in the family cemetery near Curdsville .

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↑ EPPES John Wayles (1773-1823), , Biographical Directory of the United States Congress accessed, June 8, 2020

personal data
SURNAME	Eppes, John Wayles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	April 19, 1773
PLACE OF BIRTH	Eppington , Virginia
DATE OF DEATH	September 13, 1823
Place of death	Buckingham County , Virginia

[1] EPPES John Wayles (1773-1823), , Biographical Directory of the United States Congress accessed, June 8, 2020