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Littleton Waller Tazewell
Member From: 1798 - 1817
- Birth Date: December 17, 1774 Birth Place:Williamsburg, Virginia
- Death Date: May 6, 1860
- Gender: Male Race: Caucasian, English, French
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- Education: College of William & Mary (1791)
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- Occupation/Profession: Lawyer
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His principal published work is Review of the Negotiations between the United States and Great Britain Respecting the Commerce of the Two Countries (1829)
Tazewell, Virginia; Tazewell County, Virginia and Tazewell County, Illinois are named in his honor, and in his father's honor, as are the cities of Tazewell and New Tazewell, Tennessee. A plaque in his honor is found at the corner of Tazewell and Granby streets in Norfolk, near the Tazewell Hotel and Suites, where his two-story house was located.
Tazewell was the maternal grandfather of Littleton Waller Tazewell Bradford (1848–1918), a prominent Virginia politician, and a founder of Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity.
- Other Notable Service and/or Elected Offices:
Member, U.S. House of Representatives (Nov. 26, 1800 - March 4, 1801)
Member, U.S. Senate (Dec. 7, 1824 - July 16, 1832)
26th Governor of Virginia (March 31, 1834 - April 30, 1836)
President pro tempore of the United States Senate (July 9, 1832 - July 16, 1832)
Virginia Constitutional Convention (1829)
Chairman, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Vice Presidential candidate, Democrat Party (1840)
He was one of the Commissioners of Claims under the treaty with Spain ceding Florida in 1821.
Oldest Living U.S. Senator (April 20, 1857 - May 6, 1860)
| Session | District | District Number | Party | Leadership | Committees |
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| 1798-1799 | James City | Democratic-Republican | Claims
Courts of Justice Propositions and Grievances |
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| 1799-1800 | James City | Democratic-Republican | Clerk's Office Courts of Justice Privileges and Elections Propositions and Grievances |
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| 1800-1801 | James City | ||||
| 1804-1805 | Norfolk Borough | Democratic-Republican | Courts of Justice | ||
| 1805-1806 | Norfolk Borough | Democratic-Republican | |||
| 1816-1817 | Norfolk Borough | Democratic-Republican | Courts of Justice (Chair) Banks Finance Roads and Internal Navigation Schools and Colleges |
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