William Tredway

William Marshall Tredway (born August 24, 1807 in Farmville , Prince Edward County , Virginia , †  May 1, 1891 in Chatham , Virginia) was an American politician . Between 1845 and 1847 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Tredway attended public schools in his home country as well as Hampden-Sydney College . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1830, he began to work in Danville in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In the congressional elections of 1844 Tredway was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the third constituency of Virginia , where he succeeded Walter Coles on March 4, 1845 . Since he was not confirmed in 1846, he could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1847 . This was shaped by the events of the Mexican-American War .

In 1850, Tredway was a delegate to the regional Democratic Party convention in Virginia; In 1861 he took part as a delegate at the meeting at which the state of Virginia decided to leave the Union. Between 1870 and 1879 he was a district judge. Otherwise he practiced as a lawyer. William Tredway died on May 1, 1891 in Chatham, where he was also buried.

Web links

• William Tredway in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William Tredway in the database of Find a Grave (English)