James Trezvant

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James Trezvant
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 2nd district
In office March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1831
Preceded by	Arthur Smith
Succeeded by	John Y. Mason
Chairman of the Committee on Military Pensions
In office March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1831
Preceded by	James Coffield Mitchell
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Member of the Virginia Senate from Dinwiddie, Southampton and Sussex Counties
In office 1808 – 1811
Preceded by	John Pegram
Succeeded by	Joseph Goodwyn
Member of the Virginia House of Representatives from Southampton County
In office 1807 Alongside Edward Bailey
Personal details
Born	Unknown Sussex County, Virginia
Died	September 2, 1841 Southampton County, Virginia
Political party	Jacksonian (after 1829)
Other political affiliations	Democratic-Republican (before 1829)
Occupation	lawyer

James Trezvant (died September 2, 1841) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.

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, and subsequently 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. He was one of the judges in Southampton County in the trials of the people involved in the Nat Turner rebellion.^[1] He died in Southampton County, Virginia on September 2, 1841.

Electoral History

1825

Trezvant was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives unopposed.

1827

Trezvant was re-elected unopposed.

1829

Trezvant was re-elected unopposed.

↑ Alfred L. Brophy, "The Nat Turner Trials", North Carolina Law Review (June 2013), volume 91: 1817-80.

Source

James Trezvant at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Political offices
Preceded by Arthur Smith	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 2nd congressional district 1825 – 1831	Succeeded by John Y. Mason
Preceded by James Coffield Mitchell Tennessee	Chairman of House Military Pensions Committee 1829–1831	Succeeded by Position abolished

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 68727931 LCCN: no2008008464

Persondata
Name	Trezvant, James
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	September 2, 1841
Place of death	Southampton County, Virginia

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