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Philip Pendleton Barbour,  (brother of James Barbour and cousin of John Strode Barbour) , a Representative from [[Virginia]]; born at “Frascati,” near Gordonsville, Orange County, Va., May 25, 1783; attended common and private schools; was graduated from the college of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va., in 1799; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1800 and commenced practice in Bardstown, Ky.; returned to Virginia in 1801 and practiced law in Gordonsville, Orange County; member of the State house of delegates 1812-1814; elected as a [[Republican]] to the Thirteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John Dawson; reelected as a Republican to the Fourteenth through the Seventeenth Congresses, reelected as a Crawford Republican to the Eighteenth Congress and served from September 19, 1814, to March 3, 1825; Speaker of the House of Representatives (Seventeenth Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1824; offered the professorship of law in the [[University of Virginia]] in 1825, but declined; appointed a [[judge]] of the general court of Virginia and served for two years, resigning in 1827; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twentieth and Twenty-first Congresses and served from March 4, 1827, until his resignation on October 15, 1830; chairman, Committee on the Judiciary (Twentieth Congress); president of the Virginia constitutional convention in 1829; appointed by [[Andrew Jackson|President Jackson]], June 1, 1830, judge of the United States [[Circuit Court]] for the Eastern District of Virginia, declining the [[chancellorship]] and the post of [[attorney general]]; refused nominations for judge of the court of appeals, for [[Governor]], and for United States [[Senator]]; appointed [[Associate Justice]] of the [[United States Supreme Court]] and served from March 15, 1836, until his death in Washington, D.C., February 25, 1841; interment in Congressional Cemetery.

'''Philip Pendleton Barbour''',  (brother of James Barbour and cousin of John Strode Barbour) , a Representative from [[Virginia]]; born at “Frascati,” near Gordonsville, Orange County, Va., May 25, 1783

 

* Attended common and private schools

* Graduated from the college of [[William and Mary]], Williamsburg, Va., in 1799

* Studied law

* Was admitted to the bar in 1800 and commenced practice in Bardstown, Ky.

* Returned to Virginia in 1801 and practiced law in Gordonsville, Orange County

* Member of the State house of delegates 1812-1814

* Elected as a [[Republican]] to the Thirteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John Dawson

* Reelected as a Republican to the Fourteenth through the Seventeenth Congresses

* Reelected as a Crawford Republican to the Eighteenth Congress and served from September 19, 1814, to March 3, 1825

* [[Speaker of the House of Representatives]] (Seventeenth Congress)

* Not a candidate for renomination in 1824

* Offered the professorship of law in the [[University of Virginia]] in 1825, but declined

* Appointed a [[judge]] of the general court of Virginia and served for two years, resigning in 1827

* Elected as a Jacksonian to the Twentieth and Twenty-first Congresses and served from March 4, 1827, until his resignation on October 15, 1830

* Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary (Twentieth Congress)

* President of the Virginia constitutional convention in 1829

* Appointed by [[Andrew Jackson|President Jackson]], June 1, 1830, judge of the United States [[Circuit Court]] for the Eastern District of Virginia, declining the [[chancellorship]] and the post of [[attorney general]]

* Refused nominations for judge of the court of appeals, for [[Governor]], and for United States [[Senator]]

* Appointed [[Associate Justice]] of the [[United States Supreme Court]] and served from March 15, 1836, until his death in Washington, D.C., February 25, 1841

 

* Interment in Congressional Cemetery

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