James Trezvant | |
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Member of the U.S.HouseofRepresentatives from Virginia's 2nd district | |
In office March 4, 1825 –March 3, 1831 | |
Preceded by | Arthur Smith |
Succeeded by | John Y. Mason |
Chairman of the Committee on Military Pensions | |
In office March 4,1829 –March 3,1831 | |
Preceded by | James Coffield Mitchell |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Member of the Virginia Senate from Dinwiddie,Southampton and Sussex Counties | |
In office 1808–1811 | |
Preceded by | John Pegram |
Succeeded by | Joseph Goodwyn |
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Southampton County | |
In office 1807 Alongside Edward Bailey | |
Personal details | |
Born | Unknown Sussex County,Virginia |
Died | September 2,1841 Southampton County,Virginia |
Political party | Jacksonian (after 1829) |
Other political affiliations | Democratic-Republican (before 1829) |
Occupation | lawyer |
James Trezvant (died September 2,1841) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia. [1] He was also a slave owner. [2] [3]
Born in Sussex County,Virginia,Trezvant studied law after college. He was admitted to the bar and began practicing law in Jerusalem,Virginia,eventually rising to position of attorney general in the state. In 1820,Trezvant served as delegate to the State constitutional convention. He subsequently was elected to and served in the State house of delegates.
He was elected to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses and as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress (March 4,1825 – March 3,1831). He served as chairman of the Committee on Military Pensions during the Twenty-first Congress.
Trezvant served in the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1829-1830 from Southampton County;his district included Sussex,Surry,Isle of Wight,Prince George,and Greensville counties. He served on the Committee of the Executive Department. [4]
He was one of the judges in Southampton County in the trials of the people involved in the Nat Turner's Rebellion. [5]
Trezvant died in Southampton County,Virginia on September 2,1841.
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