| LC control no. | nr 96017124 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Roane, William Henry, 1787-1845 |
| Variant(s) | Roane, Mr. (William Henry), 1787-1845 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Virginia |
| Birth date | 1787-09-17 |
| Death date | 1845-05-11 |
| Place of birth | Virginia |
| Place of death | Richmond (Va.) |
| Affiliation | Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate Republican Party (U.S. : 1792-1828) Democratic Party (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators |
| Found in | His Speech of Mr. Roane, of Virginia, 1839. Appleton's cyclopaedia of Amer. biog., 1888 (Roane, William Harrison;b. Virginia 1788; d. Tree Hill, Va. 5/11/1845) Tyler, L.G. Encyclopedia of Virginia biography, 1915: v. 2, p. 93 (Roane, William Harrison; b. Hanover County, Va. 1788; d. at his residence "Tree Hill," near Richmond, Va. 5/11/1845) Virginia magazine of history and biography, July 1897: p. 89, etc. (William Henry Roane; s. Spencer Roane and Anne Henry; memoranda in Spencer Roane's diary in his handwriting notes birthdate, 9/17/1787) Biog. dir of the U.S. Congress, 1989 (Roane, William Henry; Va. House of Delegates 1812-15; U.S. House of Representatives 1815-17; member Va. Executive Council; U.S. Senator 1837-41; engaged in agricultural pursuits; b. 9/17/1787; d. Tree Hill, near Richmond, Va. 5/11/1845) NUC pre-1956 (Roane, William Henry, 1787-1895) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed May 02, 2024 (Roane, William Henry, (grandson of Patrick Henry), a Representative and a Senator from Virginia; born in Virginia, September 17, 1787; completed preparatory studies; member, State House of Delegates 1812-1815; elected as a Republican to the Fourteenth Congress (March 4, 1815-March 3, 1817); was not a candidate for renomination; member of the executive council of Virginia; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Richard E. Parker and served from March 14, 1837, to March 3, 1841; chairman, Committee on the District of Columbia (Twenty-fifth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1841; engaged in agricultural pursuits; died in Tree Hill, near Richmond, Va., May 11, 1845; interment in the private cemetery of the Lyons family in Hanover County, Va.) |
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