Archibald Stuart | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromVirginia's7th district | |
| In office March 4, 1837 - March 3, 1839 | |
| Preceded by | Nathaniel Claiborne |
| Succeeded by | William L. Goggin |
| Member of theVirginia Senate fromHenry,Patrick andFranklin Counties | |
| In office 1852–1855 | |
| Preceded by | District created |
| Succeeded by | George Hairston |
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| Born | December 2, 1795 |
| Died | September 20, 1855(1855-09-20) (aged 59) "Laurel Hill",Patrick County, Virginia |
| Resting place | Saltville, Virginia |
| Nationality | American |
| Party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | College of William & Mary |
| Occupation | planter,lawyer |
Archibald Stuart (December 2, 1795 – September 20, 1855) was a nineteenth-century politician and lawyer fromVirginia. He was the first cousin ofAlexander Hugh Holmes Stuart and the father ofConfederateGeneralJames Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart, who was the seventh of eleven children.[1]
Archibald Stuart was born inLynchburg, Virginia to Anne Dabney Stuart andAlexander Stuart, a judge and politician who had previously served in both houses of theVirginia General Assembly. Stuart received a private education suitable to his class,[1] before attending theCollege of William & Mary fromc. 1777 to 1780.
He became an officer in theWar of 1812, before studying to become a lawyer after the War's close . Following his admission to the Virginia bar, Stuart opened his law practice in Lynchburg, VA.[1] He was elected to theVirginia Constitutional Convention of 1829-1830.[2]
Stuart was elected aDemocrat to theUnited States House of Representatives in 1836, serving from 1837 to 1839. After losing reelection to Isaac Adams, Stuart resumed practicing law.[1]
In 1850-51 he served in theVirginia Constitutional Convention of 1850.[3] He served to theVirginia Senate, serving from 1852 to 1854.[1]
Stuart died suddenly at his home, "Laurel Hill" inPatrick County, Virginia, on September 20, 1855. He was interred in the Stuart family cemetery at Laurel Hill. His sonJ.E.B. Stuart, who had graduated from theU.S. Military Academy in 1854 to start his military career, resigned his U.S. Army commission to join theConfederate States Army, eventually commanding theCavalry Corps of theArmy of Northern Virginia with the rank ofMajor General before his combat-related death in 1864. In 1859, this man's widow, Elizabeth Letcher Pannill Stuart, whose ancestor William Lechter had founded the plantation and died there (killed by a Tory sympathizer in 1780) sold Laurel Hill (including the plantation house rebuilt after an 1847/8 fire) to two men from North Carolina. In 1952 the Stuart family re-interred this man's remains inSaltville (in Smyth and Washington Counties, Virginia), next to his widow, although the family members (as well as slaves) may still be interred at Laurel Hill.[4][1] In 1991, Laurel Hill was preserved by the J.E.B. Stuart Birthplace Trust, and added to theNational Register of Historic Places in 1998.
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