| LC control no. | n 83053015 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Tazewell, Littleton Waller, 1774-1860 |
| Variant(s) | Tazewell, Litt'n W. (Littleton Waller), 1774-1860 |
| See also | Virginia. Governor (1834-1836 : Tazewell) |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Virginia |
| Birth date | 1774-12-17 |
| Death date | 1860-05-06 |
| Place of birth | Williamsburg (Va.) |
| Place of death | Norfolk (Va.) |
| Affiliation | College of William & Mary Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates United States. Congress. House of Representatives Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates United States. Congress. Senate Virginia. Governor |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers Governors Politicians |
| Found in | Virginia. Board of Public Works. Report of the geological reconnoissance of the state of Virginia, 1836: p. 3 (Litt'n W. Tazewell) Wikipedia, viewed June 11, 2019 (Littleton Waller Tazewell, December 17, 1774 - May 6, 1860; Virginia lawyer, plantation owner and politician who served as U.S. Representative (1800-1801), U.S. Senator (1824-1832), and the 26th Governor of Virginia (1834-1836), as well as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1798-1800, 1809-1812, and 1816-1817); born in Williamsburg in the Colony of Virginia; graduated from the College of William and Mary at Williamsburg in 1791; admitted to the Virginia bar in 1796; died in Norfolk, Virginia) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed May 20, 2024 (Tazewell, Littleton Waller, (Son of Henry Tazewell), a Representative and a Senator from Virginia; born in Williamsburg, Va., December 17, 1774; privately tutored; graduated from the College of William and Mary at Williamsburg in 1791; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1796 and commenced practice in James City County; member, State House of Delegates 1798-1800; elected to the Sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Marshall and served from November 26, 1800, to March 3, 1801; moved to Norfolk, Va., in 1802; member, General Assembly 1804-1806; member, Virginia House of Delegates 1816-1817; one of the commissioners of claims under the treaty with Spain ceding Florida in 1821; elected in 1824 to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John Taylor; reelected in 1829, and served from December 7, 1824, to July 16, 1832, when he resigned; served as President pro tempore of the Senate during the Twenty-second Congress; chairman, Committee on Foreign Relations (Twentieth through Twenty-second Congresses); delegate to the State convention in 1829; Governor of Virginia from 1834 until his resignation in 1836; retired from public life; died in Norfolk, Va., May 6, 1860; interment on his estate on the Eastern Shore of Virginia; reinterment in 1866 in Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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