Francis E. Rives
Francis Everod Rives | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 2nd district | |
In office March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841 | |
Preceded by | John Y. Mason |
Succeeded by | George B. Cary |
Member of the Virginia Senate from Amelia, Powhatan and Chesterfield Counties and the City of Petersburg | |
In office 1848 – 1850 | |
Preceded by | James Cox |
Succeeded by | District abolished |
Member of the Virginia Senate from Isle of Wight, Prince George, Southampton, Surry and Sussex Counties | |
In office 1831 – 1835 | |
Preceded by | John Y. Mason |
Succeeded by | Joel Holleman |
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Prince George County | |
In office 1821 – 1830 Alongside Nathaniel Colley, James Temple, Allen Temple, George Harrison | |
Preceded by | Multi-member district before 1830 |
Succeeded by | William Shands |
Personal details | |
Born | Prince George County, Virginia | January 14, 1792
Died | December 26, 1861 69) Petersburg, Virginia | (aged
Resting place | Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Virginia |
Political party | Democratic |
Occupation | planter, businessman |
Francis Everod Rives (January 14, 1792 – December 26, 1861) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.
Born in Prince George County, near Petersburg, Virginia, Rives completed preparatory studies. He engaged in planting and in the building and management of railways in Virginia and North Carolina. He served as member of the State house of delegates from 1821 to 1831. He served in the State senate from 1831 to 1836 from 1848 to 1851.
Rives was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841). He served as chairman of the Committee on Elections (Twenty-sixth Congress). He declined to be a candidate for renomination. He served as mayor of Petersburg from May 6, 1847, to May 5, 1848. He died in Petersburg, December 26, 1861. He was interred in Blandford Cemetery.
Electoral History
1837
Rives was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives with 80.61% of the vote, defeating fellow Democrat William B. Goodwyn.
1839
Rives was re-elected with 57.6% of the vote, defeating Whig James W. Pegram.
Source
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Preceded by John Y. Mason |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 2nd congressional district 1837 – 1841 |
Succeeded by George B. Cary |
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