Thomas Claiborne (February 1, 17491812) was a planter and politician from

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, who represented

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in the

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from 1793 to 1799 and from 1801 to 1805.

Biography

Claiborne was born in 1749 in Brunswick County in the

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, 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 John Claiborne (January 26, 1778October 9, 1808) was a son of Thomas Claiborne (1749–1812) and brother of Thomas Claiborne (1780–1856). He was a Representative from Virginia; born in Brunswick County, Virginia in 1778; pursued academic stu ...

and

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, uncle of

Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne (November 14, 1777 – August 15, 1859) was a nineteenth-century Virginia lawyer and planter, as well as an American politician who served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly and in the United States H ...

and William Charles Cole Claiborne, granduncle of

John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne (April 24, 1809 – May 17, 1884) was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives from Mississippi. He wrote a history of Mississippi. Biography Claiborne was named after Jean François Hamtramck and was the ...

, and great-great-great-great-granduncle of

Corinne Claiborne Boggs Marie Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs (March 13, 1916 – July 27, 2013) was a politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and later as United States Ambassador to the Holy See. She was the first woman elected to Congr ...

. He owned slaves. 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

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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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