John Claiborne | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 17th district | |
In office March 4, 1805 – October 9, 1808 | |
Preceded by | Thomas Claiborne |
Succeeded by | Thomas Gholson, Jr. |
Personal details | |
Born | Brunswick County, Virginia | January 26, 1778
Died | October 9, 1808 Brunswick County, Virginia | (aged 30)
Political party | Democratic-Republican |
Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania |
John Claiborne (January 26, 1778 – October 9, 1808) was a son of Thomas Claiborne (1749–1812) and brother of Thomas Claiborne (1780–1856). He was a Representative from Virginia; born in Brunswick County, Virginia in 1778;[1] pursued academic studies; graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in 1798 and practiced; elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Ninth and Tenth Congresses and served from March 4, 1805, until his death in Brunswick County, Virginia, on October 9, 1808; interment in the family burying ground of Parson Jarratt, Dinwiddie, Virginia.