| LC control no. | n 2001120363 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Brent, Richard, 1757-1814 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Virginia |
| Birth date | 1757 |
| Death date | 1814-12-30 |
| Place of birth | Aquia Creek (Va.) |
| Place of death | Washington (D.C.) |
| Affiliation | Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. House Virginia. General Assembly. Senate United States. Congress. Senate Republican Party (U.S. : 1792-1828 ) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers |
| Found in | Library of Congress Manuscript Division for Carroll, Daniel. Papers of Daniel Carroll, 1662-1920 (Brent, Richard, 1757-1814; corresp.) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed March 22, 2024 (Brent, Richard, (uncle of William Leigh Brent, nephew of Daniel Carroll), a Representative and a Senator from Virginia; born at 'Richland,' on the Potomac River, at Aquia Creek, Stafford County, Va., in 1757; studied law; admitted to the bar and practiced; member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Stafford County in 1788 and from Prince William County in 1793, 1794, 1800, and 1801; elected to the Fourth and Fifth Congresses (March 4, 1795-March 3, 1799); elected again to the Seventh Congress (March 4, 1801-March 3, 1803); member, State Senate 1808-1810; elected to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1809, until his death in Washington, D.C., on December 30, 1814; interment in the family burial ground at 'Richland,' on the Potomac River, at Aquia Creek.) |
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