James Barbour
| James Barbour | |
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| United States Minister to the United Kingdom | |
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In office November 24, 1828 – October 1, 1829 |
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| President | John Quincy Adams |
| Preceded by | Albert Gallatin |
| Succeeded by | Louis McLane |
| 11th United States Secretary of War | |
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In office March 7, 1825 – May 23, 1828 |
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| President | John Quincy Adams |
| Preceded by | John C. Calhoun |
| Succeeded by | Peter Buell Porter |
| President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate | |
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In office February 15, 1819 – December 26, 1819 |
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| Preceded by | John Gaillard |
| Succeeded by | John Gaillard |
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United States Senator from Virginia |
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In office January 2, 1815 – March 7, 1825 |
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| Preceded by | Richard Brent |
| Succeeded by | John Randolph |
| 18th Governor of Virginia | |
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In office January 3, 1812 – December 1, 1814 |
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| Preceded by |
Peyton Randolph as Acting Governor |
| Succeeded by | Wilson Cary Nicholas |
| 14th Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates | |
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In office December 1, 1809 – January 3, 1812 |
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| Preceded by | Hugh Nelson |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Stevenson |
| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates | |
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In office 1804 1807–1812 |
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| Personal details | |
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June 10, 1775 Barboursville, Colony of Virginia, British America |
| Died | June 7, 1842 (aged 66) Barboursville, Virginia, U.S. |
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Whig National Republican Democratic-Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Lucy Johnson Barbour |
| Profession | Lawyer, Politician |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
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James Barbour (June 10, 1775 – June 7, 1842) was an American lawyer, politician and planter. He served as delegate from Orange County, Virginia in the Virginia General Assembly, and as speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates. He was the 18th Governor of Virginia and the first Governor to reside in the current Virginia Governor's Mansion. After the War of 1812, Barbour became a U.S. Senator (from 1814–1825) and the United States Secretary of War (1825–1828).
James Barbour was born in what became Barboursville in Orange County on June 10, 1775. Barbour was the son of Thomas Barbour (who held a seat in the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1769) and his wife the former Mary Pendleton Thomas. His grandfather (also James Barbour, 1707–1775) had patented lands in Spotsylvania County in 1731 and 1733, and his uncle of the same name James Barbour (burgess) also served in the Virginia House of Burgesses (1761–65, representing Spotsylvania County). Both sides of his family were among the First Families of Virginia, as well as early settlers in Orange County and westward. By the time James was born, the Barbour family owned over 2,000 acres (8 km²) and held several slaves. However, the family suffered financial reverses during the American Revolutionary War and its aftermath. Nonetheless, James finished his formal education with private tutors and an academy run by James Waddel at Gordonsville, Virginia. His brother Philip Pendleton Barbour, would later become Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
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