Thomas Claiborne (1749-1812)

Thomas Claiborne (February 1, 1749–1812) was an American planter and politician from Brunswick County, Virginia. He represented Virginia in the U.S. House from 1793 to 1799 and from 1801 to 1805.

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February 1 - 1749 - 1812 - American - Brunswick County, Virginia - U.S. House - 1793 - 1799 - 1801 - 1805

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Thomas was born in 1749 in Brunswick County, the son of Colonel Augustine and Mary (Herbert) Claiborne. He was the fifth generation of his family in America, descended from William Claiborne who had settled in virginia in 1621. He is a father of John Claiborne and Thomas Claiborne (1780-1856), uncle of Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne and William Charles Cole Claiborne, granduncle of John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne, and great-great-great-great granduncle of Corinne Claiborne Boggs).

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William Claiborne - 1621 - John Claiborne - Thomas Claiborne (1780-1856) - Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne - William Charles Cole Claiborne - John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne - Corinne Claiborne Boggs

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Claiborne was member of the State house of delegates (1783-1788)), served as colonel in command of the Brunswick County Militia in 1789, sheriff of Brunswick County (1789-1792), and a member of the State senate (1790-1792). He was elected to the Third Congress and reelected as a Republican to the Fourth and Fifth Congresses. His bid for reelection in 1798 was unsuccessful, but he was again elected as a Republican to the Ssxth, Seventh, and Eighth Congresses. He died on his estate in Brunswick County, Va., in 1812.

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1783 - 1788 - 1789 - 1790 - 1792 - Third Congress - Fourth - Fifth Congresses - 1798 - Ssxth - Seventh - Eighth Congresses

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