Hugh Nelson (Virginia politician) explained

Hugh Nelson
Office1:United States Minister to Spain
Appointer1:James Monroe
Term Start1:December 4, 1823
Term End1:July 23, 1824
Predecessor1:John Forsyth
Successor1:Alexander Hill Everett
Office2:Chair of the House Judiciary Committee
Term Start2:March 4, 1815
Term End2:March 3, 1819
Predecessor2:Charles J. Ingersoll
Successor2:John Sergeant
Term Start3:1822
Term End3:March 3, 1822
Predecessor3:John Sergeant
Successor3:Daniel Webster
Office4:Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia
Constituency4:21st district (1811-1813)
22nd district (1813-1823)
Term Start4:March 4, 1811
Term End4:January 14, 1823
Predecessor4:David S. Garland
Successor4:Alexander Smyth
Office5:13th Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates
Term Start5:1807
Term End5:1809
Predecessor5:Peter Johnston Jr.
Successor5:James Barbour
State Delegate6:Virginia
District6:Albemarle
Term Start6:1805
Term End6:1809
Alongside Joel Yancey, Walter Leake, Peter Carr, Rice Garland
Predecessor6:William Waller Hening
Successor6:Tucker Coles
William D Meriwether
Term Start7:1828
Term End7:1829
Alongside John P Drummond, William F. Gordon
Predecessor7:Albert Allmand
Charles Cocke
Successor7:Thomas Walker Gilmer
Rice W Wood
State Senate8:Virginia
District8:Elizabeth City, Warwick and York
Term Start8:1786
Term End8:1791
Predecessor8:William Lee
Successor8:Richard Cary Jr
Birth Name:Hugh Nelson
Birth Date:30 September 1768
Birth Place:Yorktown, Virginia Colony, British America
Death Place:Albemarle County, Virginia, U.S.
Restingplace:Cismont, Virginia
Party:Democratic-Republican
Parents:Thomas Nelson Jr. (father)
Lucy Grymes (mother)
Education:College of William & Mary

Hugh Nelson (September 30, 1768March 18, 1836) was an American politician and U.S. representative from Virginia. He was the son of Thomas Nelson Jr.

Biography

Born in Yorktown in the Colony of Virginia, Nelson graduated from the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, in 1780. He served in the Senate of Virginia 1786–1791, and in the Virginia House of Delegates 1805-1809 and 1828–1829. He was Speaker of the latter house 1807–1809. Nelson also served as judge of the general court.

Nelson was a presidential elector in 1808.[1]

Nelson was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Twelfth and to the five succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1811, until his resignation on January 14, 1823, having received an appointment in the diplomatic service. He served as chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary (Fourteenth, Fifteenth, and Seventeenth Congresses). Nelson was appointed by President James Monroe as United States Minister to Spain on January 15, 1823, and served until November 23, 1824.

Nelson died at his home, "Belvoir," Albemarle County, Virginia, March 18, 1836. He was interred in Belvoir Cemetery, Cismont, Virginia.

Notes and References

  1. Book: The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. James T. White & Company. 1898. I. New York, N.Y.. 505. en. Google Books.