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John Claiborne (January 26, 1778October 9, 1808) was a son of
Thomas Claiborne (1749–1812) Thomas Claiborne (February 1, 17491812) 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. Biography Claiborne was born i ...
and brother of
Thomas Claiborne (1780–1856) Thomas Claiborne (May 17, 1780 – January 7, 1856) was an American politician and a United States Representative for the state of Tennessee. Early life and career Son of Mary & Thomas B. Claiborne. He served as a major on the staff of Gen. An ...
. He was a Representative 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 ...
; born in
Brunswick County, Virginia Brunswick County is a United States county located on the southern border of the Commonwealth of Virginia. This rural county is known as one of the claimants to be the namesake of Brunswick stew. Brunswick County was created in 1720 from parts ...
in 1778;Claiborne of Virginia: Descendants of Colonel William Claiborne
/ref> pursued academic studies; graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania in
Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...
in 1798 and practiced; elected as a
Democratic-Republican The Democratic-Republican Party, known at the time as the Republican Party and also referred to as the Jeffersonian Republican Party among other names, was an American political party founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the early ...
to the
Ninth In music, a ninth is a compound interval consisting of an octave plus a second. Like the second, the interval of a ninth is classified as a dissonance in common practice tonality. Since a ninth is an octave larger than a second, its ...
and Tenth Congresses and served from March 4, 1805, until his death in Brunswick County, Virginia, on October 9, 1808; interment in the family burying ground of Parson Jarratt,
Dinwiddie, Virginia Dinwiddie is an unincorporated community, census-designated place, and the county seat of Dinwiddie County, Virginia, United States.” It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 619. History The town was the site of t ...
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List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899) The following is a list of United States senators and representatives who died of natural or accidental causes, or who killed themselves, while serving their terms between 1790 and 1899. For a list of members of Congress who were killed while in ...


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1778 births 1808 deaths People from Brunswick County, Virginia Claiborne family American people of English descent Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives American physicians Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania alumni {{Virginia-Representative-stub