Edward R. Chambers (January 23, 1795 – March 20, 1872) was a nineteenth-century American politician from

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...

Early life

Chambers was born in

Lunenburg County, Virginia Lunenburg County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,936. Its county seat is Lunenburg. History Lunenburg County was established on May 1, 1746, from Brunswick County. The county ...

in 1795, and was educated at the

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States ...

Career

As an adult, Chambers studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1817. He established a law practice in Boydton, the county seat of

Mecklenburg County, Virginia Mecklenburg County is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 30,319. Its county seat is Boydton. History Mecklenburg County was organized on March 1, 1765, having split from Lunenburg County in 1 ...

in 1829. Chambers served as the Commonwealth’s Attorney in Mecklenburg County, from 1835 to 1852. In 1850, Chambers was elected to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850. He was one of six delegates elected from the Southside delegate district made up of his home district of Mecklenburg County, as well as Pittsylvania and Halifax Counties. In 1861, Chambers was a member of the

Virginia Secession Convention The Virginia Secession Convention of 1861 was called in Richmond to determine whether Virginia would secede from the United States, to govern the state during a state of emergency, and to write a new Constitution for Virginia, which was subsequent ...

after the vote on secession, and he signed the Ordinance of Secession as the Convention governed the state in emergency secret session in the place of the General Assembly.

Death

Edward R. Chambers died in Mechlenburg County on March 20, 1872. Pulliam 1901, p. 103

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