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Rives, William C. (William Cabell), 1793-1868

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Personal name headingRives, William C. (William Cabell), 1793-1868
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Variant(s)Rives, William Cabell, 1793-1868
Rives, W. C. (William Cabell), 1793-1868
Associated countryUnited States
Associated placeVirginia
Birth date1793-05-04
Death date1868-04-25
Place of birthAmherst County (Va.)
Place of deathCastle Hill (Va. : Estate)
Field of activityPolitics, Practical
AffiliationUnited States. Congress. Senate Confederate States of America. Congress
College of William and Mary
Profession or occupationLegislators
Found inNUCMC data from LC Mss. Div. for Trist, N.P. Papers, 1795-1873 (William C. Rives)
LC data base, 5-11-87 (Rives, William Cabell, 1793-1868) manual auth. cd. (usage: William C. Rives)
DAB, 1935 (Rives, William Cabell, 1793-1868, political leader in Va.; minister to France, 1829 and 1849-53; s. Robert and Margaret Jordan (Cabell) Rives; grad. William and Mary, 1809; studied law and politics under Thomas Jefferson; m. Judith Page Walker, 1819; elec. U.S. Senate, 1832 and 1841; mem. Congress of the Confederacy; d. at the estate Castle Hill)
Mr. Rives's resignation, 1834: page 1 (W.C. Rives)
Biographical directory of the United States Congress, 1774-present, viewed online December 22, 2017 (Rives, William Cabell; a Representative and a Senator from Virginia; born at 'Union Hill,' Amherst County, Va., May 4, 1793; died on his plantation, 'Castle Hill,' near Charlottesville, Va., April 25, 1868)
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