Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne
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Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne (November 14, 1777 - August 15, 1859) was a United States Representative from Virginia. He was born in Chesterfield, Sussex County, Virginia and attended a local academy; later he engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was a member of the State house of delegates 1810-1812; served in the State senate 1821-1825; an executive councilor; elected to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses, elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first through Twenty-third Congresses, and elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1825-March 3, 1837); chairman, Committee on Elections (Twenty-second through Twenty-fourth Congresses); unsuccessful candidate in 1836 for reelection to the Twenty-fifth Congress. He resumed agricultural pursuits; died near Rocky Mount, Franklin County, Virginia, 15 August 1859; interment in the family cemetery of his Claibrook estate near Rocky Mount, Virginia.
He was brother of William Charles Cole Claiborne, nephew of Thomas Claiborne (1749-1812), uncle of John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne, and great-great-great granduncle of Corinne Claiborne Boggs).
This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
