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LISTS OF VIRGINIANS WHO HAVE HELD HIGH PUBLIC STATIONS.

List of Governors of the State of Virginia.

                                                             

June 29, 1776	Patrick Henry.
June 1, 1779	Thomas Jefferson.
June 12, 1781	Thomas Nelson.
Nov. 30, 1781	Benj. Harrison.
Dec., 1784	Patrick Henry.
Dec., 1786	Edmund Randolph.
Dec., 1788	Beverley Randolph.
Dec., 1791	Henry Lee.
Dec., 1794	Robert Brooke.
Dec., 1796	James Wood.
Dec., 1799	James Monroe.
Dec., 1802	John Page.
Dec., 1805	Wm. H. Cabell.
Dec., 1808	John Tyler.
Jan. 4, 1811	James Monroe.
Dec. 5, 1811	Geo. W. Smith, burnt in the theatre, Dec. 26.
Jan. 3, 1812	James Barbour.
Dec., 1814	Wilson Carey Nicholas
Dec., 1816	James P. Preston.
Dec., 1819	Thomas M. Randolph.
Dec., 1822	James Pleasants.
Dec., 1825	John Tyler. (late Pres. of U. S.)
March, 1827	Wm. B Giles.
March, 1830	John Floyd.
March, 1834	Littleton W. Tazewell; resigned 30th April, 1836.
April, 1836	Wyndham Robertson, Lieut.-Governor—acting Governor.
March, 1837	David Campbell.
March, 1840	Thomas W. Gilmer; resigned, March, 1841.
March, 1841	John Rutherford, Lieut.-Governor and acting Governor.
March, 1842	John M. Gregory, Lieut.-Governor and acting Governor.
Jan., 1843	James McDowell.

The following are lists of Virginians who have held high public stations under the general government.
They are complete only to the year 1842.

Presidents of the United States.—George Washington, elected 1789; died Dec. 14, 1799, aged 67.
Thomas Jefferson, elected 1801; died July 4, 1826, aged 83. James Madison, elected 1809; died June
28th, 1836, aged 84. James Monroe, elected 1817; died July 4, 1831, aged 72. William Henry Harrison,
elected in 1841; died April 4, 1841, aged 68. John Tyler, 1841.

Vice-Presidents of the United States.—Thomas Jefferson, elected 1797. John Tyler, elected 1841.

Secretaries of State.—Thomas Jefferson, 1789. Edmund Randolph, 1794; died Sept. 12, 1813. John
Marshall, 1800; died July 6, 1835, aged 79. James Madison, 1801. James Monroe, 1811. Henry Clay,
(born in Va.,) 1825. Abel P. Upshur, 1843; died Feb. 28, 1844. John Forsyth, (born in Va.,) 1834; died
Oct. 22, 1841, aged 61.

Secretaries of War.—James Monroe, 1814. James Barbour, 1825; died June 8, 1842, aged 66.

Secretaries of the Navy.—Abel P. Upshur, 1841. Thomas W. Gilmer, 1843; died Feb. 28, 1844. John
Y. Mason, 1844.

Postmasters-General.—Edmund Randolph, 1789. Charles Lee, 1795; died June 24, 1815, aged 58.
William Wirt, (D. C.,) 1817; died Feb. 18, 1834, aged 61. Peter V. Daniel, appointed in 1833, but de
clined.

Chief-Justices of the Supreme Court.—John Marshall, 1801 to 1835.

Associate do.—John Blair, 1789 to 1796; died Aug. 31, 1800, aged 68. Bushrod Washington, 1798 to
1829; died June 14, 1832, aged 73. Thomas Todd, 1807 to 1826; died Feb. 1826. Philip P. Barbour, 1836
to 1841; died Feb. 25, 1841, aged 60. Peter V. Daniel, 1841.

Foreign Ministers.—James Monroe, Minister Plenipotentiary to Great Britain in 1803, 1806, and 1808.
James Barbour, do. to do. in 1828. Andrew Stevenson, do. to do. in 1836. William Short, Chargé de Affaires
to France in 1790. James Monroe, Minister Plenipotentiary to do. in 1794. Patrick Henry, Min.
Plen. to do. in 1799; did not accept. Wm. C. Rives, Min. Plen. and Envoy Extraordinary to do. in 1829.
Wm. Short, Minister Resident in Spain, 1794. James Monroe, Min. Plen. to Spain, 1804. John Forsyth,
(born in Va.,) Min. Plen. 1819. Hugh Nelson, Min. Plen. and En. Ex. to Spain, 1823. Wm. Short, Min.
Res. to Netherlands, 1792. John Graham, Min. Plen. to Brazil, 1819. Thomas L. L. Brent, Chargé de
Affaires to do., 1825. Henry Clay, (born in Va.,) to Prussia, 1823. John Randolph, about 1831, Min. Plen.
to Russia. Richard C. Anderson, Min. Plen. to Colombia, 1823. Wm. Boulware, Chargé de Affaires
Two Sicilies, 1841. Wm. Brent, Chargé d'Affaires to Buenos Ayres, 1844. Henry A. Wise, Minister to
Brazil in 1844. Wm. M. Blackford, Chargé d'Affaires to New Grenada, 1842. Wm. Crump, Chargé
d'Affaires to Chili, 1844.

U. S. Senators, from the adoption of the Constitution.—Wm. S. Archer, 1842 to 1847. James Barbour,
1815 to 1825. Richard Brent, 1809 to 1815. John W. Eppes, 1817 to 1819; died Sept. 1830, aged 50. Wm.
B. Giles, 1804 to 1816; died Dec. 8, 1830. William Grayson, 1789 to 1790; died March 12, 1790. Richard
H. Lee, 1789 to 1792; died 19th June, 1794, aged 62. Benjamin Watkins Leigh, 1834 to 1838. A. T.
Mason, 1815 to 1817; died 6th Feb. 1819, aged 33. James Monroe, 1790 to 1794. Andrew Moore, 1804 to
1809. Wilson C. Nicholas, 1799 to 1804; died 10th Oct. 1820. James Pleasants, 1819 to 1822. John Randolph,
1825 to 1827; died 24th May, 1833, aged 60. William C. Rives, 1832 to 1834, 1836 to 1839, 1842 to
1845. John Taylor, about 1803 Henry Tazewell, 1794 to 1799. Littleton W. Tazewell, 1824 to 1833.
John Tyler, 1827 to 1836. Abraham B. Venable, 1803 to 1804; perished in the Richmond Theatre, 26th
Dec. 1811. John Walker, 1790.

Members of the Old Congress from 1774 to 1788, inclusive.—Thomas Adams, 1778 to 1780. John Banister,
1778 to 1779. Richard Bland, 1774 to 1776; died in 1778. Theodorick Bland, 1780 to 1783; died in
1790, aged 48. Carter Braxton, 1776; died 1797, aged 61. Edward Carrington, 1785 to 1786; died 1810,
aged 61. John Fitzhugh, 1779 to 1780; died in 1809, aged 83. Wm. Grayson, 1784 to 1787. Cyrus Griffin,
1778 to 1781, 1787 to 1788; died in 1810, aged 62. Samuel Hardy, 1783 to 1785. John Harvie, 1778 to
1779. Benjamin Harrison, 1774 to 1778; died in 1791. James Henry, 1780 to 1781; died in 1805. Patrick
Henry, 1774 to 1776. Thomas Jefferson, 1775 to 1777, 1783 to 1785. Joseph Jones, 1777 to 1778, 1780
to 1783. Arthur Lee, 1781 to 1784; died 14th Dec. 1782, aged 42. Francis L. Lee, 1775 to 1780; died
1797, aged 63. Henry Lee, 1785 to 1788; died in 1818, aged 62. Richard H. Lee, 1774 to 1780, 1784 to
1787; died in 1794, aged 62. James Madison, jr., 1780 to 1783, 1786 to 1788; died in 1836. James Mercer,
1779 to 1780 James Monroe, 1783 to 1786; died July 4, 1831. Thomas Nelson, 1775 o 1777, 1779 to
1780; died April, 1833, aged 88. Mann Page, 1777. Edmund Pendleton, 1774 to 1775; died in 1823, aged
82. Edmund Randolph, 1779 to 1782; died in 1813. Peyton Randolph, 1774 to 1775; died 22d Oct. 1775,
aged 52. Meriwether Smith, 1778 to 1782. George Washington, 1774 to 1775. George Wythe, 1775 to
1777; died 6th June, 1806, aged 80.

Members of the Convention from Va. which formed the Constitution of the United States.—John Blair,
James Madison, Jr., George Mason, James M'Clurg, Edmund Randolph, George Washington, and George
Wythe. Messrs. Mason, M'Clurg, Randolph, and Wythe, did not sign the constitution.

List of members from Virginia, of the U. S. House of Representatives, from the adoption of the Federal
Constitution to the 4th of March, 1845.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Alexander, Mark	1819-33
Allen, John J.	1833-35
Allen, Robert	1827-33
Archer, Wm. S.	1820-33
	1833-35
Armstrong, Wm.	1825-33
Atkinson, A.	1843-45
Austin, Archibald	1817-19
Baker, John	1811-13
Ball, Wm. L.	1817-24
Banks, Linn	1837-43
Barbour, John S.	1823-33
Barbour, Philip P.	1814-25
	1827-30
Barton, Richard W.	1841-43
Bassett, Burwell	1805-13
	1815-19
	1821-31
Bayley, T. H.	1843
Bayley, Thomas M.	1813-15
Beale, J. M. H.	1833-37
Beirne, Andrew	1837-41
Bland, Theodore	1789-90
Botts, John M.	1839-43
Bouldin, Thomas T.	1829-33
Bouldin, J. W.	1833-39
Breckenridge, James	1809-17
Brent, Richard	1795-99
	1801-03
Browne, John	1789-92
Burwell, Wm. A.	1806-21
Cabell, Samuel J.	1795-03
Caperton, Hugh	1813-15
Cary, George B.	1841-43
Chapman, A. A.	1843
Chinn, Joseph W.	1831-35
Chilton, Samuel	1843
Claiborne, John	1805-08
Claiborne, Nathaniel H.	1825-37
Claiborne, Thomas	1793-99
	1801-05
Clark, Christopher	1804-06
Clay, Matthew	1797-13
Clopton, John	1795-99
	1801-16
Coke, Richard	1829-33
Coles, Isaac	1789-91
	1793-97
Coles, Walter	1835-45
Colston, Edward	1817-19
Craig, Robert B.	1829-33
Craig, Robert	1835-41
Crump, John	1826-27
Davenport, Thomas	1825-35
Dawson, John	1797-14
Doddridge, Philip	1829-32
Draper, Joseph	1830-31
	1833-33
Dromgoole, Geo. C.	1835-41
	1843-45
Eggleston, John	1798-01
Eppes, John W.	1803-11
	1813-15
Estill, Benjamin	1825-27
Evans, Thomas	1797-01
Floyd, John	1817-29
Fulton, John H.	1833-35
Garland, David S.	1809-11
Garland, James	1835-41
Garnett, James M.	1805-09
Garnet, Robert S.	1817-27
Gholson, Thomas	1808-16
Gholson, James H.	1833-35
Giles, Wm. B.	1790-98
	1801-02
Gilmer, Thomas W.	1841-43
Goggin, Wm. L.	1839
Goode, Samuel	1799-01
Goode, W. O.	1841-43
Goodwin, Peterson	1803-18
Gordon, Wm. F.	1829-35
Gray, Edwin	1799-13
Gray, John C.	1820-21
Griffin, Samuel	1789-95
Griffin, Thomas	1803-05
Hancock, George	1793-97
Harrison, Carter B.	1793-99
Harris, Wm. A.	1841-43
Hawes, Aylett	1811-17
Hays, Samuel L.	1841-43
Heath, John	1793-97
Hill, John T.	1839-41
Holleman, Joel	1839-41
Holmes, David	1797-09
Hopkins, G. W.	1835
Hubard, Edm. W.	1841
Hungerford, John P.	1813-17
Hunter, R. M. T.	1837-43
Jackson, Edward B.	1820-23
Jackson, John George	1795-97
	1799-10
	1813-17
Johnson, James	1813-20
Johnson, Joseph	1823-27
	1835-41
Johnson, Chas. C.	1831-32
Jones, James	1819-23
Jones, John W.	1835-45
Jones, Walter	1797-99
	1803-11
Kerr, John	1813-17
Lee, Henry	1799-01
Lee, Richard Bland	1789-95
Leffler, Isaac	1827-29
Leftwich, Jabez	1821-25
Lewis, Joseph	1803-17
Lewis, Wm. J.	1817-19
Love, John	1807-11
Lucas, Edward	1833-37
Lucas, Wm. F.	1839-41
	1843-45
Loyall, George	1831-37
Machir, James	1797-99
Madison, James	1789-97
Mallory, Francis	1837-39
	1841-43
Marshall, John	1799-00
Mason, John Y.	1831-37
Mason, James M.	1837-39
Maxwell, Lewis	1827-33
McCarty, Wm. M.	1839-41
McComas, Wm.	1833-37
M'Coy, Wm.	1811-33
M'Kinley, Wm.	1810-11
Mercer, Chas. Fenton	1817-39
Moore, Andrew	1789-97
	1803-04
Moore, Thomas L.	1820-23
Moore, S. McD.	1833-35
Morgan, Daniel	1797-99
Morgan, Wm. S.	1835-39
Morrow, John	1805-09
Nelson, Hugh	1811-23
Nelson, Thomas M.	1816-19
Nevel, Joseph	1793-95
New, Anthony	1793-05
Newton, Thomas	1801-29
	1831-33
Newton, W.	1843-45
Nicholas, Wilson Carey	1807-09
Nicholas, John	1793-01
Page, John	1789-97
Page, Robert	1799-01
Parker, Josiah	1789-01
Parker, Severn E.	1819-21
Patton, John M.	1830-37
Pennybacker, I. S.	1837-39
Pegram, John	1818-19
Pindall, James	1817-20
Pleasants, James	1811-19
Powell, Alfred H.	1825-27
Powell, Cuthbert	1841-43
Powell, Levin	1799-01
Preston, Francis	1793-97
Randolph, John	1799-13
	1815-17
	1819-25
	1827-29
Randolph, Thomas M.	1803-07
Rives, Francis E.	1837-41
Rives, William C.	1823-29
Roane, John	1827-31
	1835-37
Roane, John J.	1831-33
Roane, John T.	1809-15
Roane, Wm. H.	1815-17
Robertson, John	1833-39
Rutherford, Robert	1793-97
Samuel, Green B.	1839-41
Sheffey, Daniel	1809-17
Smith, Arthur	1821-25
Smith, Ballard	1815-21
Smith, John	1801-15
Smith, Wm.	1821-27
Smyth, Alexander	1817-25
	1827-30
Steenrod, Lewis J.	1839-45
Stephenson, James	1803-05
	1809-11
	1822-25
Steuart, Archibald	1837-39
Stuart, Alex. H. H.	1841-43
Stevenson, Andrew	1821-33
Stratton, John	1801-03
Strother, George F.	1817-20
Summers, George W.	1841-45
Swearingin, Thomas V.	1819-22
Swoope, Jacob	1809-11
Taliaferro, John	1801-03
	1811-13
	1824-31
	1835-43
Tate, Magnus	1815-17
Taylor, Robert	1825-27
Taylor, Wm. P.	1833-35
Taylor, Wm.	1843
Tazewell, Littleton W.	1800-01
Thompson, Philip R.	1801-07
Trezvant, James	1825-31
Trigg, Abram	1797-09
Trigg, John	1797-04
Tucker, Henry St. George	1815-19
Tyler, John (late President of U. S.)	1816-21
Venable, A. B.	1791-99
Walker, Francis	1793-95
White, Alexander	1789-93
White, Francis,	1813-15
Williams, Jared	1819-25
Wilson, Alexander	1804-09
Wilson, Edgar C.	1833-35
Wilson, Thomas	1811-13
Wise, Henry A.	1833-43

List of persons who have lived 110 years and over.

                                       

	Place.	When died.	Age.
William M'Kim,	Richmond,	1818	130
John de la Somet,		1766	130
Wonder Booker, (a negro,)	Prince Edward co.	1819	126
Eleanor Spicer,	Accomac co.	1773	121
Charles Lauge,	Campbell co.	1821	121
Charles Roberts,	Bullskin,	1796	116
Philip Crull,	Fairfax co.	1813	115
Wm. Taylor,	Pittsylvania co.	1794	114
Frank, (a negro,)	Woodstock,	1820	114
Alex. Berkley,	Charlotte co.	1825	114
Priscilla Carmichael,	Surry co.	1818	113
Sarah Carter,	Petersburg,	1825	112
Mrs. A. Berkley,	Charlotte,	1826	111
Wm. Wootten,		1773	111
A negro,	Richmond,	1818	136
Mrs. Harrison,	Brunswick co.	1805	110
John Cuffee, (a slave,)	Norfolk,	1836	120
John, (a negro,)	Washington, D. C.	1838	115
Gilbert, (a negro,)	Augusta co.	1844	112