Robert Weakley

Robert Weakley

Robert Weakley (born July 20, 1764 in Halifax County , Colony of Virginia , †  February 4, 1845 in Nashville , Tennessee ) was an American politician . Between 1809 and 1811 he represented the state of Tennessee in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Robert Weakley attended the public schools in Princeton ( New Jersey ). From 1780 he took part in the War of Independence as a soldier in the Continental Army . In 1785 he moved to western North Carolina , which later became the state of Tennessee. In his new home, Weakley worked in agriculture. In 1789 he was a member of the convention that ratified the United States Constitution for the state of North Carolina . After Tennessee was founded, he was elected to the new state's House of Representatives in 1796 . Politically, he became a member of the Democratic Republican Party founded by President Thomas Jefferson .

In the state-wide held congressional election of 1808 Weakley was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC for the second mandate from Tennessee , where he succeeded George W. Campbell on March 4, 1809 . Until March 3, 1811 he was able to complete a legislative period in Congress . In 1819, Weakley became a federal government negotiator to negotiate with the Chickasaw Indians. He served in the Tennessee Senate in 1823 and 1824 . In 1845 he was a member of a commission to revise the state constitution. He died on February 4, 1845 on his estate near Nashville.

Web links

• Robert Weakley in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Robert Weakley in the database of Find a Grave (English)