Thomas Claiborne (February 1, 1749 – 1812) was a planter and politician from Brunswick County, Virginia, who represented Virginia in the United States House of Representatives from 1793 to 1799 and from 1801 to 1805.
Thomas Claiborne | |
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 A portrait of Thomas Claiborne by Saint-Mémin | |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 17th district | |
| In office March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805 | |
| Preceded by | Richard Brent |
| Succeeded by | John Claiborne |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 8th district | |
| In office March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803 | |
| Preceded by | Samuel Goode |
| Succeeded by | Walter Jones |
| In office March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1799 | |
| Preceded by | Josiah Parker |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Goode |
| Member of the Virginia Senate from Brunswick, Lunenberg, Mecklenburg and Greensville Counties | |
| In office 1790–1792 | |
| Preceded by | John Jones |
| Succeeded by | Jesse Browne |
| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Brunswick County | |
| In office 1784–1787 Alongside Thomas Edmunds, Binns Jones and Andrew Meade | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 1, 1749 Brunswick County, Virginia Colony, British America |
| Died | 1812 (aged 62–63) Brunswick County, Virginia, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
| Other political affiliations | Anti-Administration |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | Brunswick County Militia |
| Years of service | 1789 |
| Rank | Colonel |
Biography
Claiborne was born in 1749 in Brunswick County in the Colony of Virginia, the son of Colonel Augustine and Mary (Herbert) Claiborne. He was the fifth generation of his family in America, descended from William Claiborne who had settled in Virginia in 1621. He is the father of John Claiborne and Thomas Claiborne (1780–1856), uncle of Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne and William Charles Cole Claiborne, granduncle of John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne, and great-great-great-great-granduncle of Corinne Claiborne Boggs. He owned slaves.[1]
Claiborne was a member of the State house of delegates (1783–1788), served as colonel in command of the Brunswick County Militia in 1789, sheriff of Brunswick County (1789–1792), and a member of the state senate (1790–1792). He was elected to the Third Congress and reelected as a Republican to the Fourth and Fifth Congresses. His bid for reelection in 1798 was unsuccessful, but he was again elected as a Republican to the Seventh and Eighth Congresses. He died on his estate in Brunswick County in 1812.
He was the father of United States Congressman Thomas Claiborne (1780–1856).
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