William McCoy (congressman)

William McCoy
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 19th district
In office March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1833
Preceded by	James Jones
Succeeded by	William McComas
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 4th district
In office March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1823
Preceded by	Jacob Swoope
Succeeded by	Mark Alexander
Chairman of the Committee on Claims
In office March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829
Preceded by	Lewis Williams
Succeeded by	Elisha Whittlesey
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Pendleton County
In office 1798–1803 Alongside Jacob Conrad, Jacob Hull and Peter Hull
Personal details
Born	unknown Fauquier County, Virginia
Died	1864 Charlottesville, Virginia
Resting place	University of Virginia Cemetery, Charlottesville, Virginia
Political party	Democratic-Republican (before 1825)
Other political affiliations	Jacksonian (after 1825)

William McCoy (died 1864) was an 18th- and 19th-century politician from Virginia.

William McCoy was born near Warrenton, Virginia.

McCoy was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1798 to 1804.

He was elected a Democratic-Republican, Crawford Republican and Jacksonian to the United States House of Representatives in 1810, serving from 1811 to 1833. There, he served as chairman of the Committee on Claims from 1827 to 1829.

McCoy was a delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1829-1830, serving from a state senatorial district that included Augusta, Rockbridge and Pendleton Counties. There he served on the Committee of the Executive Department.

William McCoy died in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1864 and was interred in the University of Virginia Cemetery.

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