Difference between revisions of "John Wayles Eppes"
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+ | |1stoffice=United States Senator from Virginia | ||
+ | |1stofficedates=March 4, 1817–December 4, 1819 | ||
+ | |1stofficepreceded=Armistead T. Mason | ||
+ | |1stofficesucceeded=James Pleasants | ||
+ | |2ndoffice=Member of the U.S. House of Representatives | ||
+ | from Virginia | ||
+ | |2ndofficedates=March 4, 1803–March 3, 1811<br />March 4, 1813–March 3, 1815 | ||
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+ | |borndate=April 19, 1773 | ||
+ | |bornplace=Chesterfield County, Virginia | ||
+ | |dieddate=September 13, 1823 (aged 50) | ||
+ | |diedplace=Buckingham County, Virginia | ||
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+ | |almamater=Hampden-Sydney College | ||
+ | |profession=Lawyer<br />Politician | ||
+ | |spouse=Mary (Maria) Jefferson<br />Martha Burke Jones | ||
+ | |relatives=[[Thomas Jefferson]], father-in-law | ||
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John Wayles Eppes (April 7, 1773 – September 15, 1823) was the nephew of Thomas Jefferson's wife, Martha, and the husband of Jefferson's daughter, Maria. Eppes' political career included terms as both a United States congressman and senator.<ref>Charles D. Lowery, "[http://www.anb.org/articles/03/03-00161.html Eppes, John Wayles]" in ''American National Biography Online,'' 1999-. Article published February, 2000. See also [http://wiki.monticello.org/mediawiki/index.php/John_Wayles_Eppes John Wayles Eppes] in the [http://wiki.monticello.org/mediawiki/index.php/Thomas_Jefferson_Encyclopedia Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia].</ref> Eppes received nine titles from Wythe's library as part of Jefferson's dispersement. | John Wayles Eppes (April 7, 1773 – September 15, 1823) was the nephew of Thomas Jefferson's wife, Martha, and the husband of Jefferson's daughter, Maria. Eppes' political career included terms as both a United States congressman and senator.<ref>Charles D. Lowery, "[http://www.anb.org/articles/03/03-00161.html Eppes, John Wayles]" in ''American National Biography Online,'' 1999-. Article published February, 2000. See also [http://wiki.monticello.org/mediawiki/index.php/John_Wayles_Eppes John Wayles Eppes] in the [http://wiki.monticello.org/mediawiki/index.php/Thomas_Jefferson_Encyclopedia Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia].</ref> Eppes received nine titles from Wythe's library as part of Jefferson's dispersement. | ||
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Revision as of 13:39, 23 May 2014
John Wayles Eppes | |
United States Senator from Virginia | |
In office | |
March 4, 1817–December 4, 1819 | |
Preceded by | Armistead T. Mason |
Succeeded by | James Pleasants |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia | |
In office | |
March 4, 1803–March 3, 1811 March 4, 1813–March 3, 1815 | |
Personal details | |
Born | April 19, 1773 |
Chesterfield County, Virginia | |
Died | September 13, 1823 (aged 50) |
Buckingham County, Virginia | |
Alma mater | Hampden-Sydney College |
Profession | Lawyer Politician |
Spouse(s) | Mary (Maria) Jefferson Martha Burke Jones |
Relatives | Thomas Jefferson, father-in-law |
John Wayles Eppes (April 7, 1773 – September 15, 1823) was the nephew of Thomas Jefferson's wife, Martha, and the husband of Jefferson's daughter, Maria. Eppes' political career included terms as both a United States congressman and senator.[1] Eppes received nine titles from Wythe's library as part of Jefferson's dispersement.
Wythe Books Given to Eppes by Thomas Jefferson
The list below was adapted from the "Library of George Wythe" in the Thomas Jefferson Libraries project on the website for Monticello.[2] The titles in blue link to copies in the Wolf Law Library's George Wythe Collection.
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Detail from page two of Jefferson's inventory of books received from George Wythe's estate, September, 1806. This list indicates which volumes Jefferson intended to give to John Eppes. Courtesy of the Massachusetts Historical Society.
Herodotus. 8.v. 12mo. Foulis |
Xenophontis historia. 4.v. 8vo. Foulis |
Polybius. Gr. Lat. 3.v. 8vo. |
Caesar fol. Foul. |
Cornelius Nepos. Lat. Eng. by Arrol. 8vo. |
Homeri Ilias. Gr. 2.v. fol. Foulis |
Odysseus. Gr. 2.v. fol. Foulis. |
Horace de Dacier. Lat. Fr. 10.v. 8vo. |
Ciceronis opera. Lat. 20.v. 16[mo?]. Foulis |
See also
- Ann Cary Randolph Bankhead
- Dabney Carr
- Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge
- James Dinsmore
- James Ogilvie
- Jefferson Inventory
- Last Will and Testament
- Martha Jefferson Randolph
- Thomas Jefferson Randolph
- Thomas Mann Randolph
- Wythe the Teacher
References
- ↑ Charles D. Lowery, "Eppes, John Wayles" in American National Biography Online, 1999-. Article published February, 2000. See also John Wayles Eppes in the Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia.
- ↑ "Library of George Wythe," Thomas Jefferson Libraries, Monticello, accessed July 2, 2013. For the manuscript version, see "Inventory of the Books Received by Thomas Jefferson from the Estate of George Wythe, Circa September, 1806," Massachusetts Historical Society, accessed July 2, 2013.