James Trezvant
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 2nd district
In office
March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1831
Preceded byArthur Smith
Succeeded byJohn Y. Mason
Chairman of the Committee on Military Pensions
In office
March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831
Preceded byJames Coffield Mitchell
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Member of the Virginia Senate from Dinwiddie, Southampton and Sussex Counties
In office
1808–1811
Preceded byJohn Pegram
Succeeded byJoseph Goodwyn
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Southampton County
In office
1807
Alongside Edward Bailey
Personal details
BornUnknown
Sussex County, Virginia
DiedSeptember 2, 1841
Southampton County, Virginia
Political partyJacksonian (after 1829)
Other political
affiliations		Democratic-Republican (before 1829)
Occupationlawyer

James Trezvant (died September 2, 1841) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.[1] He was also a slave owner.[2][3]

Biography

Born in Sussex County, Virginia, Trezvant studied law after college. He was admitted to the bar and began practicing law in Jerusalem, Virginia, eventually rising to position of attorney general in the state. In 1820, Trezvant served as delegate to the State constitutional convention. He subsequently was elected to and served in the State house of delegates.

He was elected to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses and as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress (March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1831). He served as chairman of the Committee on Military Pensions during the Twenty-first Congress.

Trezvant served in the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1829-1830 from Southampton County; his district included Sussex, Surry, Isle of Wight, Prince George, and Greensville counties. He served on the Committee of the Executive Department.[4]

He was one of the judges in Southampton County in the trials of the people involved in the Nat Turner slave rebellion.[5]

Trezvant died in Southampton County, Virginia on September 2, 1841.

Electoral history

References

  1. ^ "Bioguide Search". bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
  2. ^ Weil, Julie Zauzmer; Blanco, Adrian; Dominguez, Leo. "More than 1,700 congressmen once enslaved Black people. This is who they were, and how they shaped the nation". Washington Post. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
  3. ^ "Congress slaveowners", The Washington Post, 2022-01-27, retrieved 2022-01-29
  4. ^ Pulliam 1901, p. 68, 71
  5. ^ Alfred L. Brophy, "The Nat Turner Trials", North Carolina Law Review (June 2013), volume 91: 1817-80.

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U.S. House of Representatives Preceded byArthur Smith Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 2nd congressional district 1825–1831 Succeeded byJohn Y. Mason Political offices Preceded byJames Coffield MitchellTennessee Chairman of House Military Pensions Committee 1829–1831 Succeeded byPosition abolished
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