Samuel Jordan Cabell

Samuel Jordan Cabell (born December 15, 1756 in Albemarle County , Colony of Virginia , †  August 4, 1818 in New Market , Virginia ) was an American politician . Between 1795 and 1803 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Born in what is now Nelson County , Samuel Cabell attended the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg . He dropped out of college to take part in the War of Independence . Cabell served in various units in the Continental Army and was under George Washington's command in 1778 and 1779 . He rose to lieutenant colonel. In 1780 he was taken prisoner of war, in which he remained until the end of the war. He then returned to Virginia, where he worked as a planter . At the same time he embarked on a political career. Between 1785 and 1792 he was a member of the Virginia House of Representatives . In 1788 he was a delegate to the meeting that ratified the United States Constitution for the state of Virginia. He was one of the constitutional opponents. In the late 1790s he joined the Democratic Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson .

In the congressional elections of 1794 Cabell was elected in the 14th  constituency of Virginia in the US House of Representatives, which was then still in Philadelphia , where he succeeded Francis Walker on March 4, 1795 . After three re-elections, he was able to complete four legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1803 . It was around this time that the federal government and Congress moved to the new federal capital Washington, DC in 1800.

In 1802, Samuel Cabell renounced another candidacy. As a result, he no longer appeared politically. He died on August 4, 1818 on his Soldiers' Joy estate near present-day Norwood.

Web links

• Samuel Jordan Cabell in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Samuel Jordan Cabell in the database of Find a Grave (English)