Tazewell, Henry
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, United States senator, was born in 1753 in Brunswick county, Va.
In 1775 he was a member of the Virginia house of burgesses, and in the convention of 1776. He was a member of the house of delegates for many years; was elected judge in 1785; and of the first court of appeals in 1793. From 1794 to 1799 he was United States senator from Virginia. He died Jan. 24, 1799, in Philadelphia, Pa.
TAZEWELL, LITTLETON WALLER, lawyer, congressman, governor, United States senator, was born Dec. 17, 1774, in Williamsburg, Va. He was a member of the Virginia legislature in 1798. He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1799 to 1801; and was a senator in congress from 1824 to 1832. He was governor of Virginia from 1834 to 1836. He died May 6, 1860, in Norfolk, Va.