Thomas Claiborne (politician, 1780)

Thomas Claiborne (born May 17, 1780 in Petersburg , Virginia , † January 7, 1856 in Nashville , Tennessee ) was an American politician . Between 1817 and 1819 he represented the state of Tennessee in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Thomas Claiborne was a son of the same name Thomas Claiborne (1749-1812), who twice represented the state of Virginia in Congress between 1793 and 1805 . His older brother John (1777-1808) sat between 1805 and 1808 for Virginia in the House of Representatives.

The younger Thomas Claiborne attended public schools in his native Virginia. During a war with the Creek , he was a major on General Andrew Jackson's staff . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1807, he began to work in Nashville in his new profession. Politically, Claiborne became a member of the Democratic Republican Party founded by President Thomas Jefferson . He was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives in 1811 and 1812, and served as its President in 1812.

In the 1816 congressional election , Thomas Claiborne was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the first constituency of Tennessee , where he succeeded Newton Cannon on March 4, 1817 . Until March 3, 1819, he was able to complete a legislative period in Congress . After leaving the US House of Representatives, Claiborne returned to work as a lawyer. He died in Nashville on January 7, 1856.

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SURNAME	Claiborne, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	May 17, 1780
PLACE OF BIRTH	near Petersburg , Virginia
DATE OF DEATH	January 7, 1856
Place of death	Nashville , Tennessee