41To Thomas Jefferson from Craven Peyton, 16 October 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
was the Albemarle County surveyor from 1796 to 1828. He served briefly in the Virginia House of Delegates as the county’s replacement for Wilson Cary Nicholas in December 1799, but lost a re-election bid in 1800 (
42To Thomas Jefferson from Samuel Smith, 14 November 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
: perhaps either Nathaniel L. or George Savage, who served as representatives of Northampton County in the Virginia House of Delegates in 1776, the same year Isaac Smith served as state senator representing Accomac and Northampton counties. Washington appointed George Savage customs collector at Cherrystone in 1789, a position he held until early 1790 (
43To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Jefferson Randolph, [ca. 26 February 1802] (Jefferson Papers)
...father and father-in-law. He moved his family permanently to Edgehill in 1828. He became known as a good farmer and careful manager. Randolph served six terms in the Virginia House of Delegates between 1831 and 1843. His 1832 speech in the assembly on gradual emancipation and deportation of slaves was published as a pamphlet. Randolph served as a delegate to the Virginia constitutional...
44To Thomas Jefferson from Landon Carter, 21 November 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
...Carter (1751–1811) of Cleve, a significant landowner and the grandson of Robert “King” Carter, represented King George County in the Virginia House of Delegates in 1780–81. He corresponded with George Washington from 1796 to 1799 on scientific interests including agricultural matters and health remedies. In 1810, he described his invention of a lock and key to Madison, who discouraged his...
45To Thomas Jefferson from James Garrard, 30 November 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
...County, Virginia, was a militia officer, landowner, distiller, salt manufacturer, and Baptist minister before becoming governor of Kentucky in a controversial election in 1796. He won a second term in 1800. As a member of the Virginia House of Delegates in 1786, he supported TJ’s bill for religious freedom. Garrard was also an advocate of gradual abolition (
46To Thomas Jefferson from John Wayles Eppes, 16 December 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
. Enclosure: Resolution of the Virginia House of Delegates stating “that the confidence of the Legislature in the wisdom, patriotism, & private worth of the President of the United States, is not only undeminished but increased; and that the constitutional and just principles of his administration,......Virginia House of Delegates adopted the resolution “without a question,” and recorded the...
47To Thomas Jefferson from Edmund Harrison, 30 December 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
Edmund Harrison (1764–1826) represented Prince George County in the Virginia House of Delegates in the late 1780s and early 1790s, and subsequently served on Virginia’s Council of State. Having established an estate in Amelia County, he represented that county for seven consecutive terms as a delegate, and was speaker during...Speakers and Clerks of the Virginia House of Delegates, 1776–1955
48To Thomas Jefferson from John Wayles Eppes, 10 February 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
: on 18 Dec. 1802, the Virginia House of Delegates appointed a committee “to enquire into the state of the debts due from the commonwealth,” to determine the amount of revenue and expenditures for the past year, and estimate the appropriations needed for the ensuing year. Daniel...
49To Thomas Jefferson from Samuel J. Cabell, 19 February 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
...1756–1818) of Amherst County attended the College of William and Mary and attained the brevet rank of colonel during the American Revolution. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1785 to 1792 and also represented Amherst County at the state ratifying convention in 1788, where he voted against ratification. Elected to Congress in 1795, Cabell was a solid Republican whom TJ...
50To Thomas Jefferson from Joseph Prentis, 29 April 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
Joseph Prentis and TJ served together in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1776 to 1778. Prentis was on the Executive Council during most of TJ’s years as governor. He was elected judge of the General Court in 1788, a position he held until his death in 1809 (