Samuel Jordan Cabell

Samuel Jordan Cabell (* December 15, 1756 in Albemarle County, Virginia; † August 4, 1818 in New Market, Virginia ) was an American politician. Between 1795 and 1803 he represented the state of Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Born in what is now Nelson County Samuel Cabell attended the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg. He broke off his studies to take part in the War of Independence. Cabell served in various units of the Continental Army and was in the years 1778 and 1779 under the command of George Washington. He rose to lieutenant colonel. In 1780 he was taken prisoner, in which he remained until the war ended. He then returned to Virginia, where he worked as a planter. At the same time he embarked on a political career. Between 1785 and 1792, he sat in the House of Representatives from Virginia. In 1788 he was a delegate to the meeting at which the United States Constitution was ratified for the State of Virginia. He was one of the opponents of the constitution. End of the 1790s he joined, founded by Thomas Jefferson Democratic- Republican Party.

In the congressional elections of 1794 Cabell was elected in the 14th electoral district of Virginia in the Council, meeting at that time still in Philadelphia U.S. House of Representatives, where he became the successor of Francis Walker on March 4, 1795. After three re- elections, he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1803 four legislative sessions. In this time of the move of the Federal Government and the Congress fell into the new federal capital, Washington DC in 1800.

In 1802 Samuel Cabell gave up another candidacy. As a result, it is no longer politically have appeared. He died on August 4, 1818 at his estate Soldiers ' Joy near the present Norwood.