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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 | + | '''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 |
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| + | * 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 | ||
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| + | * Interment in Congressional Cemetery | ||
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Revision as of 00:05, November 14, 2007
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 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