Francis E. Rives

Francis Everod Rives (January 14, 1792 – December 26, 1861) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.

Biography

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

• Francis E. Rives at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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