Thomas Claiborne (1749–1812)

Thomas Claiborne
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 17th district
In office
March 4, 1803  March 3, 1805
Preceded by Richard Brent
Succeeded by John Claiborne
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 8th district
In office
March 4, 1801  March 3, 1803
Preceded by Samuel Goode
Succeeded by Walter Jones
In office
March 4, 1793  March 3, 1799
Preceded by Josiah Parker
Succeeded by Samuel Goode
Member of the Virginia Senate from Brunswick, Lunenberg, Mecklenburg and Greensville Counties
In office
1790–1792
Preceded by John Jones
Succeeded by Jesse Browne
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Brunswick County
In office
1784–1787
Alongside Thomas Edmunds, Binns Jones and Andrew Meade
Personal details
Born (1749-02-01)February 1, 1749
Brunswick County, Virginia
Died 1811 (aged 5960)
Brunswick County, Virginia
Political party Democratic-Republican
Other political
affiliations
Anti-Administration
Military service
Service/branch Brunswick County Militia
Years of service 1789
Rank Colonel

Thomas Claiborne (February 1, 1749  1812) was a planter and politician from Brunswick County, Virginia, who represented Virginia in the United States House of Representatives from 1793 to 1799 and from 1801 to 1805.

Biography

Claiborne 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 the 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.

Claiborne was a 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 Seventh and Eighth Congresses. He died on his estate in Brunswick County in 1812.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Josiah Parker
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 8th congressional district

1793–1799
Succeeded by
Samuel Goode
Preceded by
Samuel Goode
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 8th congressional district

1801–1803
Succeeded by
Walter Jones
Preceded by
Richard Brent
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 17th congressional district

1803–1805
Succeeded by
John Claiborne


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