William Henry Roane (September 17, 1787May 11, 1845) was a politician from

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who served in the

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, the

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, and the

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. He was the son of Judge

Spencer Roane Spencer Roane (April 4, 1762 – September 4, 1822) was a Virginia lawyer, politician and jurist. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates for six years and a year in the Commonwealth's small executive branch (Council of State). The majority ...

and the grandson of

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Biography

Born in

, Roane pursued in preparatory studies as a young man. He was a member of the

from 1812 to 1815 and was later elected a

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to the

in 1814, serving from 1815 to 1817. Roane was not a candidate for reelection and instead became a member of the executive council of Virginia. He was later elected a

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to the

to fill a vacancy, serving from 1837 to 1841. There, he was chairman of the Committee on the District of Columbia from 1837 to 1839. After an unsuccessful bid for reelection, Roane engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death on May 11, 1845, in Tree Hill, Virginia. He was interred at Lyons Family Cemetery in

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William H. Roane
at Find A Grave 1787 births 1845 deaths Democratic Party members of the Virginia House of Delegates Democratic Party United States senators from Virginia Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia People from Hanover County, Virginia 19th-century American politicians {{Virginia-Representative-stub