About
Congressman from Virginia who in the House of Representatives at various times between 1799 and 1833. He was the leader of the "Old Republicans", a faction of the early Democratic-Republican Party that was an extreme advocate of states' rights.
Before Fame
He attended college in New Jersey, New York and Philadelphia.
Trivia
He lost one term due to opposing the War of 1812 and he was one of the founders of the American Colonization Society in 1816, to send free blacks to a colony in Africa.
Family Life
He is a descendant of Thomas Rolfe and Pocahontas.
Associated With
He was the cousin of Thomas Jefferson.
