Jacob Swoope
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Jacob Swoope | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 4th district | |
In office March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811 | |
Preceded by | David Holmes |
Succeeded by | William McCoy |
Personal details | |
Born | ca. 1766 Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania, British America |
Died | 1832 (aged 65–66) Staunton, Virginia, U.S. |
Resting place | Staunton, Virginia |
Political party | Federalist |
Jacob Swoope (ca. 1766 – 1832) was an eighteenth and nineteenth century politician from Virginia.
Biography
Born in Philadelphia in the Province of Pennsylvania sometime around 1766,[1] Swoope attended the common schools as a child.
He moved to Staunton, Virginia in 1789 and held several local offices before being elected the first mayor of Staunton under the new charter of 1801. He was reelected mayor in 1804 before being elected a Federalist to the United States House of Representatives in 1808, serving from 1809 to 1811 having defeated Democratic-Republican Daniel Smith.
Death
Swoope died in Staunton in 1832 and was interred there in the Trinity Episcopal Churchyard.
References
External links
- United States Congress. "Jacob Swoope (id: S001125)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Jacob Swoope at The Political Graveyard
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