Phillip Pendleton Barbour (1783 - 1841)

Born 25 May 1783 in Gordonsville, Culpeper, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Frances Todd (Johnson) Barbour — married 4 Oct 1804 in Orange, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 25 Feb 1841 at age 57 in Washington City, District Of Columbia, District of Columbia, United States

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Preceded by Speaker John W. Taylor

Philip Pendleton Barbour 10th Speaker of the US House of Representatives 1821—1823

Succeeded by Speaker Henry Clay

Biography

Philip Barbour^{[1] [2]}was born in Orange County Virginia on May 25, 1783 the child of Thomas Barbour and Mary Thomas; the year the American Revolution came to an end^[3]. He married Frances Todd Johnson on October 4, 1804^[4], in Orange, Virginia. He died on February 25, 1841, in Washington, District of Columbia^[5].

Phillip studied law at an early age of 17. When he was 19 he entered the College of William and Mary^[6]. During his career, he was elected to the Virginia General Assembly (1812-1814), represented Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives (1814-1825, 1827-1830), and served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1821-1823). He later served as a Judge of the United States Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (1830-1836) and Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1836-1841)^[7].

Legacy

Barbour County, West Virginia is named for Philip Barbour. Alabama's Barbour County was named for his brother James.

Notes

The Barbour Family

The Barbour family^[8] is noted to have been a politically prominent Virginian family of Scottish origin. Notable members of the Barbour family included:

• Father of Phillip Barbour; Thomas Barbour^[9], who served in the House of Burgesses and on the committee of Safety during the Revolutionary War^[10].

• Brother of Phillip Barbour James Barbour^[11]

Philip was born in 1783. He passed away in 1841. ^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Pendleton_Barbour
2. ↑ Biographical Summaries of Notable People Detail: http://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10182/biographical-summaries-of-notable-people?s=124838981&itemId=65026&action=showRecord&indId=individual-124838981-24001641
3. ↑ American Revolution.Concluding the Revolution.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution
4. ↑ Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 Url: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/60214/records/3182023
5. ↑ Web: District of Columbia, Find A Grave Index, 1790-2012 Url: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/70502/records/45057
6. ↑ BARBOUR, Philip Pendleton, (1783 - 1841) http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=b000131
7. ↑ History, Art & Archives, U.S. House of Representatives, “Philip Pendleton Barbour,” http://history.house.gov/Collection/Detail/29650 (July 21, 2016) For Additional Information Office of the Historian Office of Art and Archives B-53 Cannon House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 (202) 226-1300 history@mail.house.gov art@mail.house.gov archives@mail.house.gov
8. ↑ Barbour family.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbour_family
9. ↑ Virginia Nonimportation Resolutions, 17 May 1769 http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-01-02-0019
10. ↑ Thomas Barbour (Virginia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Barbour_(Virginia)
11. ↑ The Barbour family https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbour_family
12. ↑ Source will be added by John Camm by 17 Oct 2018.

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