Robert Rutherford

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Robert Rutherford (born October 20, 1728 in Scotland , †  October 10, 1803 in Charles Town , Virginia ) was an American politician . Between 1793 and 1797 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Life

Robert Rutherford was taught at Edinburgh Royal College . He then emigrated to the former British colonies in North America, where he initially settled in what would later become Tennessee . He later moved to Winchester , Virginia. There he worked as a surveyor and shop owner. He was also involved in other ventures. Among other things, he acquired large estates. From around 1750 he was friends with George Washington , who then bought a plantation in what is now West Virginia . In the following years Rutherford took part in some Indian Wars.

At the outbreak of the American Revolution , Rutherford joined this movement. In 1775 and 1776 he was a delegate to meetings in Richmond and Williamsburg , where the future political formation of Virginia was discussed. He was also one of the delegates who informed British Governor John Murray that Virginia would not provide the Crown with troops to fight the revolution. In the following years Rutherford was politically active in Virginia. Between 1776 and 1790 he was a member of the State Senate . He joined the anti- government movement under his old friend George Washington ( Anti-Administration Group ). In the second half of the 1790s he became a member of the Democratic Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson .

In the congressional elections of 1792 , Rutherford was elected to the US House of Representatives in the first constituency of Virginia, where he succeeded Alexander White on March 4, 1793 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1797 . In 1796 he was defeated by Daniel Morgan of the Federalist Party . After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Rutherford moved to his Flowing Spring estate near Charles Town in what is now West Virginia. He died there on October 10, 1803.

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SURNAME Rutherford, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 20, 1728
PLACE OF BIRTH Scotland
DATE OF DEATH October 10, 1803
Place of death at Charles Town , Virginia