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William Lee Ball

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William Lee Ball
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 9th district
In office
March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1823
Preceded byJohn Hungerford
Succeeded byAndrew Stevenson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 13th district
In office
March 4, 1823 – February 29, 1824
Preceded byBurwell Bassett
Succeeded byJohn Taliaferro
Personal details
Born(1781-01-02)January 2, 1781
Lancaster County, Virginia, U.S.
DiedFebruary 29, 1824(1824-02-29) (aged 43)
Washington, D.C.

William Lee Ball (January 2, 1781 – February 29, 1824) was a nineteenth-century politician from Virginia who served four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1817 to until his death in 1824.

Biography

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Born in Lancaster County, Virginia, Ball received a liberal schooling as a child. He was a slave owner.[1]

Political career

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He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1805 to 1806 and again from 1810 to 1814. He served as a paymaster in the War of 1812 and was assigned to the 92nd Virginia Regiment.[2]

He later went on to serve in the Virginia State Senate from 1814 to 1817. He was elected a Democratic-Republican and later a Crawford Republican to the United States House of Representatives in 1816.

Death

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He served in the House from 1817 until his death in Washington, D.C., on February 29, 1824.

He was interred in Congressional Cemetery.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Congress slaveowners", The Washington Post, January 19, 2022, retrieved January 24, 2022
  2. ^ a b Marquis Who's Who, Inc. Who Was Who in American History, the Military. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1975. P. 26 ISBN 0837932017 OCLC 657162692
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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 9th congressional district

March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1823
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 13th congressional district

March 4, 1823 – February 29, 1824 (obsolete district)
Succeeded by