1Isaac A. Coles to Thomas Jefferson, 13 March 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
in the Virginia House of Delegates, 1840–41
2William D. Meriwether to Thomas Jefferson, [23 March 1809] (Jefferson Papers)
in the Virginia House of Delegates, 1809–10, and served as sheriff in 1801 and 1828–30. After the death of his cousin
3To James Madison from John G. Jackson, 24 March 1809 (Madison Papers)
...Payne (sister of Dolley Madison). He represented Harrison County in the House of Delegates, 1798–1801. His wife died of tuberculosis in 1808. After serving in Congress, 1803–10, he resigned and was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1811. Following a return to Congress, 1813–17, he became a U.S. district judge in western Virginia (
4Larkin Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 28 March 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
during the Revolutionary War and a member of the Virginia House of Delegates intermittently from 1784–1803. TJ appointed Smith customs collector for the district of
5To James Madison from John Tyler, 24 April 1809 (Madison Papers)
McRae, a Richmond Republican lawyer, was president of the executive Council of State by 1807 and had served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates (
6Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Jefferson Randolph, 6 May 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
in the Virginia House of Delegates, where he supported the gradual emancipation and deportation of slaves. Randolph also sat in the state constitutional convention of 1850–51 and voted for secession at the
7Wilson Cary Nicholas to Thomas Jefferson, 25 May 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
at the close of the Revolutionary War. He represented his adopted county in the Virginia House of Delegates for several terms during the 1780s and from 1794 to 1799. In the latter year Nicholas was elected to a seat in the
8William Wirt to Thomas Jefferson, 10 July 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
, 1795–99, served with TJ’s recommendation as clerk of the Virginia House of Delegates, 1799–1802, and after stints in
9John Monroe to Thomas Jefferson, 1 August 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
in the Virginia House of Delegates, 1802–03. By 1806 he had spent twelve months imprisoned for debt. Monroe was resident in
10Thomas Jefferson to William C. Rives, 6 August 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
in the Virginia House of Delegates, 1817–20, and after moving to an estate called
11To James Madison from James Taylor, 11 August 1809 (Madison Papers)
...Augusta County Republican Committee. Jefferson appointed him U.S. attorney for the western district of Virginia in 1801, and he represented Monroe County (now in West Virginia) in the Virginia House of Delegates, 1802–3. He was presiding judge of the Kentucky circuit court by 1807 and applied unsuccessfully for several territorial offices. Although “nearly allied” to James Monroe, he...
12John Tyler to Thomas Jefferson, 20 October 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
in the Virginia House of Delegates, 1778–86 (as
13To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 25 October 1809 (Madison Papers)
...supervised his education while Jefferson served as U.S. minister to France. Carr attended the College of William and Mary and in 1789 visited JM in New York. He practiced law from 1793 and represented Albemarle County in the Virginia House of Delegates, 1801–4 and 1807–8 (Elizabeth Dabney Coleman, “Peter Carr of Carr’s-Brook…,”
14To James Madison from John Dawson, 16 November 1809 (Madison Papers)
John Dawson (1762–1814), a Harvard graduate, began corresponding with JM in 1785. He represented Spotsylvania County in the Virginia House of Delegates, 1786–89, and in the 1788 ratifying convention, where he was an Antifederalist. A delegate to the Continental Congress, 1788–89, he was elected as a Republican to the seat in the House of Representatives that JM...
15To James Madison from Thomas Gholson, Jr., 15 December 1809 (Madison Papers)
Peterson Goodwyn (1745–1818), a Revolutionary veteran, represented Dinwiddie County in the Virginia House of Delegates, 1789–1802. He was a Republican congressman, 1803–18 (
16Thomas Jefferson to Archibald Thweatt, 18 December 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
in the Virginia House of Delegates, 1813–15 and 1816–18. As a representative of the interests of the Wayles executors, he corresponded frequently with TJ during the latter’s retirement
17To James Madison from Paul Hamilton, 22 December 1809 (Madison Papers)
John Love (d. 1822), an Alexandria Republican, represented Fauquier County in the Virginia House of Delegates, 1805–7, and the district composed of Loudoun, Prince William, and Fairfax counties in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1807–11. He served as a state senator, 1816–20 (
18Peter V. Daniel to Thomas Jefferson, 22 December 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
in the Virginia House of Delegates, 1808–10, sat on the
19Archibald Stuart to Thomas Jefferson, 25 December 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
in the Virginia House of Delegates, 1783–85, and sat for
20Thomas Jefferson to William D. Meriwether, 27 December 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
of the Virginia House of Delegates reported that the petition of
21William A. Burwell to Thomas Jefferson, 29 December 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
in the Virginia House of Delegates, 1804–06, and served intermittently as TJ’s private secretary during the same two years, with duties primarily consisting of running errands and entertaining guests at the
22To James Madison from John Tyler, 15 January 1810 (Madison Papers)
George William Smith (1762–1811) represented Essex County, 1790–93, and the city of Richmond, 1801–2, in the Virginia House of Delegates. Elected to the Council of State in 1807, he twice served as acting governor (following Tyler’s and Monroe’s resignations). Shortly after he was elected governor, he died in the Richmond theater fire (
23Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Account with William Bentley, 26 January 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
in the Virginia House of Delegates, 1791–96. On the recommendation of
24To James Madison from Samuel Kercheval, 7 February 1810 (Madison Papers)
Samuel Kercheval (1786–1845) ran for Congress in 1824 and represented Hampshire County in the Virginia House of Delegates, 1828–30 (Samuel Kercheval,
25To James Madison from Edmund Randolph, 14 February 1810 (Madison Papers)
Thomas L. Preston (d. 1812) represented Rockbridge County in the Virginia House of Delegates, 1806–11 (Richmond
26To James Madison from Landon Carter, 19 February 1810 (Madison Papers)
Landon Carter (1751–1811) of Cleve in King George County served in the Virginia House of Delegates, 1780–81 (Lucien Beverley Howry, “Some Carters of ’Cleve,’ King George County, and Their Descendants,”
27To James Madison from William Jarvis, 19 February 1810 (Madison Papers)
James Hewitt Hooe was a merchant in Alexandria, Virginia. JM had met him in 1795 and introduced him to Monroe. A Madison-Clinton elector in 1808, Hooe represented Fairfax County in the Virginia House of Delegates, 1809–10, and received consignments of merino sheep from Jarvis for JM and Jefferson (
28Enclosure: Thomas S. McCleland to James Martin, 13 March 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
in the Virginia House of Delegates, 1802–04, moved to
29Thomas Jefferson to Christopher Clark, 1 April 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
attorney. He represented that county in the Virginia House of Delegates in 1790 and served part of two
30To James Madison from John Roane, 7 April 1810 (Madison Papers)
John Roane (1766–1838) represented King William County in the Virginia House of Delegates, 1788–90 and 1792. He was a Republican congressman, 1809–15, 1827–31, and 1835–37. Judge Spencer Roane was his cousin (