Philip Pendleton Barbour

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Philip Pendleton Barbour

Philip Pendleton Barbour (born May 25, 1783 in Frascati near Gordonsville , Orange County , Virginia , †  February 25, 1841 in Washington, DC ) was an American lawyer and politician , member of the House of Representatives , whose speaker he was from 1821 to 1823 , and Associate Justice at the United States Supreme Court .

Early years

Philip Barbour was born on May 25, 1783 to Thomas Barbour and Mary Pendleton Thomas in the small village of Frascati, Orange County , Virginia, his brother was the future governor of Virginia, James Barbour . He went to a public school and later also a private school and studied at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg . He graduated in 1799 and shortly thereafter opened a law firm in Bardstown , Kentucky . In 1801 he finally moved back to Gordonsville to work in Virginia.

politics

Barbour's political career began in 1812 when he entered the Virginia House of Representatives . After the death of Representative John Dawson in 1814, he won the election to refill the vacant seat. On September 19, 1814, he moved into the House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Republican Party . From 1821 to 1823 he was the chairman of the house. In the 1824 elections, he declined re-election, as did an offer to become a professor at the University of Virginia in 1825 . Instead, he became a judge on the Virginia Court of Justice, which he remained for two years. In 1827 he abdicated in order to return to the House of Representatives as a member of the Jacksonians, the predecessor party of today's Democrats. He turned down several offers and was offered the office of Attorney General .

Ultimately, however, he accepted President Jackson's offer to succeed the late George Hay as a judge at the United States Circuit Court in Virginia. He served there from October 15, 1830, the day he left the House of Representatives, to March 17, 1836. He continued to turn down offers, this time to become Senator and Governor until he was appointed judge on May 12, 1836, on the US Supreme Court . He served there as the successor to the resigned Gabriel Duvall until his death on February 25, 1841 and was buried in the congress cemetery.

Namesake

The following cities and counties are named after him:

See also

literature

  • William S. Belko: Philip Pendleton Barbour in Jacksonian America: An Old Republican in King Andrew's Court. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa 2016, ISBN 978-0-8173-1906-9 .

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SURNAME Barbour, Philip Pendleton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 25, 1783
PLACE OF BIRTH Frascati near Gordonsville , Orange County , Virginia
DATE OF DEATH February 25, 1841
Place of death Washington, DC