William A. Burwell
| William Armisted Burwell | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 13th & 14th district |
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In office December 1, 1806 – March 3, 1813 March 4, 1813 – February 16, 1821 |
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| Preceded by |
Christopher H. Clark Matthew Clay |
| Succeeded by |
Thomas M. Bayly Jabez Leftwich |
| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates | |
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In office 1804–1806 |
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| Personal details | |
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March 15, 1780 Boydton, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | February 16, 1821 (aged 40) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Letitia McCrury Burwell |
| Profession | Politician, Secretary |
William Armisted Burwell (March 15, 1780 – February 16, 1821) was a nineteenth-century congressman and presidential secretary from Virginia.
Born near Boydton, Virginia, Burwell graduated from the College of William and Mary. He moved to Franklin County, Virginia in 1802 and became a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, serving from 1804 to 1806. Burwell then became a private secretary for President Thomas Jefferson before being elected a Democratic-Republican to the United States House of Representatives to fill a vacancy. Burwell served from 1806 until his death on February 16, 1821, in Washington, D.C.. He was interred there in the Congressional Cemetery.
His home, the Burwell-Holland House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
In her 1974 biography of Jefferson, Fawn M. Brodie repeats a clergyman's claim that Burwell was an atheist and that he was expelled from New Jersey College for this reason and for "infidelity."
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