Burwell Bassett

Burwell Bassett Jr.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 8th district
In office
March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1829
Preceded byCharles F. Mercer
Succeeded byRichard Coke, Jr.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from 's 13th district
In office
March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823
Preceded bySevern E. Parker
Succeeded byWilliam L. Ball
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates for James City County
In office
December 6, 1819 – March 3, 1821
Serving with Bennett Kirby
Preceded byLewis C. Tyler
Succeeded byJohn M. Gregory
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from 's 13th district
In office
March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1819
Preceded byThomas M. Bayly
Succeeded bySevern E. Parker
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from 's 12th district
In office
March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1813
Preceded byThomas Griffin
Succeeded byJohn Roane
Member of the Virginia Senate for Charles City, James City County and New Kent Counties
In office
October 21, 1793 – March 3, 1805
Preceded byBurwell Bassett Sr.
Succeeded byWilliam Chamberlayne
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates for New Kent County
In office
October 15, 1787 – October 17, 1790
Serving with William H. Macon, John Dandridge, John Clopton
Preceded byWilliam Dandridge
Succeeded byJohn Hockaday
Personal details
BornMarch 18, 1764
Eltham plantation, New Kent County, Province of Virginia
DiedFebruary 26, 1841
New Kent County, Virginia, US
CitizenshipKingdom of Great Britain
United States of America
NationalityAmerican
Spouse(s)Elizabeth McCarty,
Philadelphia Ann Claiborne
OccupationPlanter, militia officer, politician

Burwell Bassett, Jr. (March 18, 1764 – February 26, 1841) was an American planter and politician from New Kent County and for two decades from Williamsburg in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Like his father, he served in both chambers of the Virginia General Assembly, and in addition won election (and lost re-election) several times to the United States House of Representatives, where he served for more than a decade in three different districts, because of census-required reorganizations.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Buckley, Thomas E.; Tarter, Brent (1998). Dictionary of Virginia Biography. Vol. 1. Library of Virginia. pp. 384–385. ISBN 978-0-88490-189-1.
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  3. ^ Lyon Gardiner Tyler, "Bassett, Burwell" in Dictionary of Virginia Biography Vol. 2 (1915) pp. 98-99