Barbour, Philip Pendleton

1783 - Philip Pendleton Barbour was born 25th of May at "Frascati," near Gordonsville, Orange County, Virginia.

1799 - He attended common and private schools and graduated from the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia.

1801 - He moved his law practice to Gordonsville in Orange County, Virginia.

1812-1814 - Barbour started his public life as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates.

1814-1825 - Barbour won the special election to fill the seat, and served as a Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives.

1821-1823 - He served in the office of Speaker.

1824 - Barbour declined to run for re-election.

1825 - He become the professor of law in the University of Virginia.

         - Barbour was appointed a judge of the General Court of Virginia and served for two years.

1827 - He resigned to return to his seat in the House of Representatives as a Jacksonian.

1829 - Barbour was president of the Virginia constitutional convention.

1830-1836 - He accept President Jackson's appointment to be judge of the United States Circuit Court for the

Eastern District of Virginia.

1836-1841 - Barbour was appointed to be U.S. Supreme Court.

1841 - Philip Pendleton Barbour died in Washington, D.C. on 25th of February.