Thomas Claiborne (politician, 1749)

Thomas Claiborne

Thomas Claiborne (born February 1, 1749 in Brunswick County , Colony of Virginia , †  1812 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1793 and 1805 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives twice .

Career

Thomas Claiborne came from a well-known American political family. He was the father of Congressmen John Claiborne (1777-1808) and Thomas Claiborne (1780-1856). He was also related to numerous other politicians. Claiborne grew up during the British colonial era. Between 1783 and 1788 he was a member of the Virginia House of Representatives ; from 1790 to 1792 he was a member of the State Senate . He also became a colonel in the state militia in 1789. From 1789 to 1792 he was sheriff in Brunswick County. Politically, he was an opponent of the federal government under President George Washington ( anti-administration faction ). He later joined the Democratic Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson in the late 1790s .

In the congressional elections of 1792 Claiborne was elected to the US House of Representatives in Philadelphia in the eighth constituency of Virginia , where he succeeded Josiah Parker on March 4, 1793 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1799 . In 1798 it was not confirmed. In 1800 Claiborne was re-elected in the eighth district of his state in the Congress, which was now meeting in the new federal capital Washington, DC , where he replaced Samuel Goode on March 4, 1801 , who had become his successor two years earlier. After re-election in the eleventh district, he was able to spend two more terms there until March 3, 1805. During this time the Louisiana Purchase made by President Jefferson fell . In 1804 the twelfth amendment was ratified.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Thomas Claiborne withdrew from politics. He died on his Brunswick County estate in 1812.

Web links

• Thomas Claiborne in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Thomas Claiborne in the database of Find a Grave (English)