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William Cabell Rives

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Born: May 4, 1793

Birthplace: Union Hill Plantation, Amherst County, Virginia

Father:
Robert Rives 1764 – 1845
(Buried: Oak Ridge Plantation Cemetery, Arrington, Virginia)​

Mother: Margaret Jordan “Peggy” Cabell 1770 – 1815
(Buried: Oak Ridge Plantation Cemetery, Arrington, Virginia)​

Wife: Judith Page Walker 1802 – 1882
(Buried: Rives–Troubetzkoy Cemetery, Cismont, Virginia)​

Children:

Francis Robert Rives 1821 – 1891​
(Buried: Wappingers Rural Cemetery, Wappingers Falls, New York)​
William Cabell Rives Jr. 1825 – 1889​
(Buried: Christ’s Church, Brookline, Massachusetts)​
Alfred Landon Rives 1830 – 1903​
(Buried: Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery, Cismont, Virginia)​
Amelie Louise Rives Sigourney 1832 – 1873​
(Body Lost at Sea)​
Ella Rives 1835 – 1892​
(Buried: Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery, Cismont, Virginia)​

Political Party: Democratic Party and Whig Party

Education:


1809: Graduated from College of William and Mary
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Studied Law and Politics under President Thomas Jefferson​

Occupation before War:

Aide briefly during the War of 1812​
1814 – 1821: Attorney in Charlottesville, Virginia​
1816: Delegate to Virginia State Constitutional Convention​
1817 – 1820: Member of Virginia State House of Delegates​
1822 – 1823: Member of Virginia State House of Delegates​
1821 – 1868: Owner of Castle Hill Plantation in Albemarle Co., Virginia​
1823 – 1829: United States Congressman from Virginia​
1825 – 1829: Member of House Judiciary Committee​
1829 – 1832: United States Minister to France​
Well respected in France and Queen Amelie was godmother of his eldest daughter.​
1832 – 1834: United States Senator from Virginia​
1833 – 1834: Member of Senate Foreign Relations Committee​
1836 – 1845: United States Senator from Virginia​
1836 – 1839: Member of Senate Foreign Relations Committee​
1837 – 1839: Member of Senate Public Buildings Committee​
1841 – 1843: Chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee​
1849 – 1853: United States Minister to France​
Author of History of the Life and Times of James Madison
1860: Unsuccessful Candidate for Constitutional Union Party Nomination receiving 13 votes for the nomination.​

Civil War Career:

1861: Lukewarm supporter of the Secession Movement.​
1861: Member of Washington, D.C. Peace Conference​
1861: Won election to Provisional Congress over James A. Seddon.​
1861 – 1862: Virginia Delegate Confederate Provisional Congress.​
1862: Ran fourth in a contest for Confederate States Senator.​
1864 – 1865: Confederate States Congressman from Virginia​
1864 – 1865: Member of House Foreign Affairs Committee​
1864 – 1865: Vigorous Supporter of President Jefferson Davis.​
1864 – 1865: Supporter of replacement of Treasury notes.​
1864 – 1865: Supporter state vessels operating in foreign commerce​
1864 – 1865: Passive Peace Advocate.​
1865: Resigned from Confederate Congress on March 1st​

Died: April 25, 1868

Place of Death: Castle Hill Plantation, Albemarle County, Virginia

Age at time of Death: 74 years old

Burial Place: Rives–Troubetzkoy Cemetery, Cismont, Virginia
 
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