Thomas Claiborne (1749–1812)

Thomas Claiborne (February 1, 1749 – 1812) was a planter and politician from Brunswick County, Virginia, who represented Virginia in the United States House of Representatives from 1793 to 1799 and from 1801 to 1805.

Thomas Claiborne
A portrait of Thomas Claiborne by Saint-Mémin
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 17th district
In office
March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805
Preceded byRichard Brent
Succeeded byJohn Claiborne
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 8th district
In office
March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803
Preceded bySamuel Goode
Succeeded byWalter Jones
In office
March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1799
Preceded byJosiah Parker
Succeeded bySamuel Goode
Member of the Virginia Senate from Brunswick, Lunenberg, Mecklenburg and Greensville Counties
In office
1790–1792
Preceded byJohn Jones
Succeeded byJesse Browne
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Brunswick County
In office
1784–1787
Alongside Thomas Edmunds, Binns Jones and Andrew Meade
Personal details
Born(1749-02-01)February 1, 1749
Brunswick County, Virginia Colony, British America
Died1812 (aged 62–63)
Brunswick County, Virginia, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic-Republican
Other political
affiliations		Anti-Administration
Military service
Branch/serviceBrunswick County Militia
Years of service1789
RankColonel

Biography

Claiborne was born in 1749 in Brunswick County in the Colony of Virginia, the son of Colonel Augustine and Mary (Herbert) Claiborne. He was the fifth generation of his family in America, descended from William Claiborne who had settled in Virginia in 1621. He is the father of John Claiborne and Thomas Claiborne (1780–1856), uncle of Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne and William Charles Cole Claiborne, granduncle of John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne, and great-great-great-great-granduncle of Corinne Claiborne Boggs. He owned slaves.[1]

Claiborne was a member of the State house of delegates (1783–1788), served as colonel in command of the Brunswick County Militia in 1789, sheriff of Brunswick County (1789–1792), and a member of the state senate (1790–1792). He was elected to the Third Congress and reelected as a Republican to the Fourth and Fifth Congresses. His bid for reelection in 1798 was unsuccessful, but he was again elected as a Republican to the Seventh and Eighth Congresses. He died on his estate in Brunswick County in 1812.

He was the father of United States Congressman Thomas Claiborne (1780–1856).

References
  1. "Congress slaveowners", The Washington Post, January 13, 2022, retrieved July 4, 2022

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