Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne

Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne (November 14, 1777 - August 15, 1859) He was brother of William Charles Cole Claiborne, nephew of Thomas Claiborne (1749-1812), uncle of John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne, and great-great-great granduncle of Corinne Claiborne Boggs). He was a Representative from Virginia; born in Chesterfield, Sussex County, Virginia, November 14, 1777; attended a local academy; engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was a member of the State house of delegates 1810-1812; served in the State senate 1821-1825; an executive councilor; elected to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses, elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first through Twenty-third Congresses, and elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1825-March 3, 1837); chairman, Committee on Elections (Twenty-second through Twenty-fourth Congresses); unsuccessful candidate in 1836 for reelection to the Twenty-fifth Congress. He resumed agricultural pursuits; died near Rocky Mount, Franklin County, Virginia, 15 August , 1859; interment in the family cemetery of his Claibrook estate near Rocky Mount, Virginia.

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November 14 - 1777 - August 15 - 1859 - William Charles Cole Claiborne - Thomas Claiborne (1749-1812) - John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne - Corinne Claiborne Boggs - Virginia - Chesterfield - Sussex County, Virginia - Agricultural - 1810 - 1812 - 1821 - 1825 - Nineteenth - Twentieth Congresses - Jacksonian - Twenty-first - Twenty-third Congresses - Anti-Jacksonian - Twenty-fourth Congress - March 4 - March 3 - 1837 - Committee on Elections - 1836 - Twenty-fifth Congress - Rocky Mount - Franklin County, Virginia

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