Littleton Waller Tazewell
| Littleton Waller Tazewell | |
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| 26th Governor of Virginia | |
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In office March 31, 1834 – April 30, 1836 |
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| Preceded by | John Floyd |
| Succeeded by | Wyndham Robertson (acting) |
| President pro tempore of the United States Senate | |
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In office July 9, 1832 – July 16, 1832 |
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| Preceded by | Samuel Smith |
| Succeeded by | Hugh Lawson White |
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United States Senator from Virginia |
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In office December 7, 1824 – July 16, 1832 |
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| Preceded by | John Taylor |
| Succeeded by | William C. Rives |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 13th district |
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In office November 26, 1800 – March 3, 1801 |
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| Preceded by | John Marshall |
| Succeeded by | John Clopton |
| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates | |
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In office 1798–1800 |
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| Personal details | |
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December 17, 1774 Williamsburg, Colony of Virginia, British America |
| Died | May 6, 1860 (aged 85) Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. |
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Democratic-Republican Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Anne Stratton |
| Alma mater | College of William and Mary |
| Profession | Politician, Lawyer |
Littleton Waller Tazewell (December 17, 1774 – May 6, 1860) was a U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator from and the 26th Governor of Virginia.
Tazewell, son of Henry Tazewell, was born in Williamsburg in the Colony of Virginia, where his grandfather Benjamin Waller was a lawyer, who taught him Latin. Tazewell was privately tutored by John Wickham; he later graduated from the College of William and Mary at Williamsburg in 1791. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1796, and commenced practice in James City County, Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1798 to 1800. Elected to the Sixth United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Marshall, he served from November 26, 1800, to March 4, 1801. Tazewell moved to Norfolk, Virginia in 1802. He held public office again in 1804 in the Virginia General Assembly until 1806. Then again served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1816 to 1817. He was one of the commissioners of claims under the treaty with Spain ceding Florida in 1821.
Tazewell was elected in 1824 to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John Taylor. Re-elected in 1829, he served from December 7, 1824, to July 16, 1832, when he resigned. While in the Senate, he was President pro tempore of the Senate during the Twenty-second United States Congress and chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. His principal published work is Review of the Negotiations between the United States and Great Britain Respecting the Commerce of the Two Countries (1829) New International Encyclopedia. Tazewell received 11 electoral votes for Vice-President in the election of 1840.
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