U.S. Congressman. Born in Woodstock, Virginia, he attended Dickinson College Pennsylvania (1811-12), Washington College Virginia (1814-15), studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1819 and commenced to practice law at Campbell Courthouse, Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia State Senate (1828-30), plus Commonwealth Attorney for Harrison, Lewis and Preston Counties. In 1833, he was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress, serving until 1835. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he was judge of the seventeenth circuit court of Virginia (1836-40), judge of the Virginia State Supreme Court of appeals (1840-65) and president of the executive council. After retiring from the court in 1865, he lived in retirement until his death at age 73 at Beaverdam, near Fincastle, Virginia.
U.S. Congressman. Born in Woodstock, Virginia, he attended Dickinson College Pennsylvania (1811-12), Washington College Virginia (1814-15), studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1819 and commenced to practice law at Campbell Courthouse, Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia State Senate (1828-30), plus Commonwealth Attorney for Harrison, Lewis and Preston Counties. In 1833, he was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress, serving until 1835. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he was judge of the seventeenth circuit court of Virginia (1836-40), judge of the Virginia State Supreme Court of appeals (1840-65) and president of the executive council. After retiring from the court in 1865, he lived in retirement until his death at age 73 at Beaverdam, near Fincastle, Virginia.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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