James Trezvant

James Trezvant
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 2nd district
In office
March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1831
Preceded byArthur Smith
Succeeded byJohn Y. Mason
Chairman of the Committee on Military Pensions
In office
March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831
Preceded byJames Coffield Mitchell
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Member of the Virginia Senate from Dinwiddie, Southampton and Sussex Counties
In office
1808–1811
Preceded byJohn Pegram
Succeeded byJoseph Goodwyn
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Southampton County
In office
1807
Alongside Edward Bailey
Personal details
BornUnknown
Sussex County, Virginia
DiedSeptember 2, 1841
Southampton County, Virginia
Political partyJacksonian (after 1829)
Other political
affiliations		Democratic-Republican (before 1829)
Occupationlawyer

James Trezvant (died September 2, 1841) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.[1] He was also a slave owner.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Bioguide Search". bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
  2. ^ Weil, Julie Zauzmer; Blanco, Adrian; Dominguez, Leo. "More than 1,700 congressmen once enslaved Black people. This is who they were, and how they shaped the nation". Washington Post. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
  3. ^ "Congress slaveowners", The Washington Post, 2022-01-27, retrieved 2022-01-29