William Lee Ball
William Lee Ball | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 9th district | |
In office March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1823 | |
Preceded by | John Hungerford |
Succeeded by | Andrew Stevenson |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 13th district | |
In office March 4, 1823 – February 29, 1824 | |
Preceded by | Burwell Bassett |
Succeeded by | John Taliaferro |
Personal details | |
Born | Lancaster County, Virginia, U.S. | January 2, 1781
Died | February 29, 1824 Washington, D.C. | (aged 43)
Nationality | American |
William Lee Ball (January 2, 1781 – February 29, 1824) was a nineteenth-century politician from Virginia.
Biography[]
Born in Lancaster County, Virginia, Ball received a liberal schooling as a child. 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.[1]
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, serving from 1817 until his death in Washington D.C. on February 29, 1824. He was interred there in Congressional Cemetery.[1]
See also[]
References[]
External links[]
- United States Congress. "William Lee Ball (id: B000103)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- William Lee Ball at Find a Grave
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- 1781 births
- 1824 deaths
- People from Lancaster County, Virginia
- Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia
- Virginia Democratic-Republicans
- Members of the Virginia House of Delegates
- Virginia state senators
- People from Virginia in the War of 1812
- Burials at the Congressional Cemetery
- 19th-century American politicians
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia
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