William Branch Giles | |
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24th Governor of Virginia | |
In office March 4, 1827 – March 4, 1830 | |
Preceded by | John Tyler |
Succeeded by | John Floyd |
United States Senator from Virginia | |
In office December 4, 1804 – March 3, 1815 | |
Preceded by | Andrew Moore |
Succeeded by | Armistead T. Mason |
In office August 11, 1804 – December 4, 1804 | |
Appointed by | John Page |
Preceded by | Abraham B. Venable |
Succeeded by | Andrew Moore |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 9th district | |
In office March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803 | |
Preceded by | Joseph Eggleston |
Succeeded by | Philip R. Thompson |
In office December 7, 1790 – October 2, 1798 | |
Preceded by | Theodorick Bland |
Succeeded by | Joseph Eggleston |
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Amelia County | |
In office 1826–1827 | |
In office 1816–1817 | |
In office 1798–1800 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Amelia Courthouse, Colony of Virginia, British America | August 12, 1762
Died | December 4, 1830 Amelia Courthouse, Virginia, U.S. | (aged 68)
Political party | Democratic-Republican |
Alma mater | College of William & Mary Hampden–Sydney College |
William Branch Giles (August 12, 1762 – December 4, 1830; the g is pronounced like a j) was an American statesman, long-term Senator from Virginia, and the 24th Governor of Virginia. He served in the House of Representatives from 1790 to 1798 and again from 1801 to 1803; in between, he was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates and was an Elector for Jefferson (and Aaron Burr) in 1800. He served as a United States Senator from 1804 to 1815 and then served briefly in the House of Delegates again. After a time in private life, he joined the opposition to John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay in 1824; he ran for the Senate again in 1825 and was defeated but appointed Governor for three one-year terms in 1827; he was succeeded by John Floyd, in the year of his death.