U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator. The son-in-law of Thomas Jefferson, he attended the University of Pennsylvania, graduated from Hampden-Sydney College Virginia, in 1786, studied law, admitted to the bar in 1794 and commenced to practice law in Richmond, Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia State House of Delegates, (1801-03), elected as a Democratic Republican to the Eighth Congress and to the next three succeeding Congresses, serving (1803-11). In 1813, he was elected as a Democratic Republican to the Thirteenth Congress, serving until 1815. In 1817, he was elected to the United States Senate, serving until 1819, when he resigned because of ill health. He then retired to his estate, until his death at age 50.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
Family Members
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Francis Eppes
1747–1808
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Elizabeth Wayles Eppes
1752–1810
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Mary Jefferson Eppes
1778–1804
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Elizabeth Wayles Eppes Walker
unknown–1805
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Lucy Elizabeth Eppes
1783–1784
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Lucy Eppes Thweatt
1786–1860
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Mary Eppes Thweatt
1788–1860
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Baby Girl Eppes
1799–1800
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Francis Wayles Eppes
1801–1881
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Maria Jefferson Eppes
1804–1806
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Caroline Matilda Montfort Eppes
1816–1836
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Elizabeth Wayles Eppes
1818–1884
Flowers
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