Francis E. Rives
Encyclopedia
Francis Everod Rives was a U.S. Representative
from Virginia
.
Born in Prince George County, near Petersburg, Virginia
, Rives completed preparatory studies.
He engaged in planting and in the building and management of railways in Virginia and North Carolina.
He served as member of the State house of delegates 1821-1831.
He served in the State senate 1831-1836 from 1848 to 1851.
Rives was elected as a Democrat
to the Twenty-fifth
and Twenty-sixth
Congresses (March 4, 1837-March 3, 1841).
He served as chairman of the Committee on Elections (Twenty-sixth Congress).
He declined to be a candidate for renomination.
He served as mayor of Petersburg, Virginia
, from May 6, 1847, to May 5, 1848.
He died in Petersburg, Virginia
, December 26, 1861.
He was interred in Blandford Cemetery.
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
from Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
.
Born in Prince George County, near Petersburg, Virginia
Petersburg, Virginia
Petersburg is an independent city in Virginia, United States located on the Appomattox River and south of the state capital city of Richmond. The city's population was 32,420 as of 2010, predominantly of African-American ethnicity...
, Rives completed preparatory studies.
He engaged in planting and in the building and management of railways in Virginia and North Carolina.
He served as member of the State house of delegates 1821-1831.
He served in the State senate 1831-1836 from 1848 to 1851.
Rives was elected as a Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
to the Twenty-fifth
25th United States Congress
-House of Representatives:-Leadership:- Senate :* President: Richard Mentor Johnson * President pro tempore: William R. King - House of Representatives :* Speaker: James K. Polk -Members:This list is arranged by chamber, then by state...
and Twenty-sixth
26th United States Congress
-House of Representatives:- Leadership :- Senate :*President: Richard M. Johnson *President pro tempore: William R. King - House of Representatives :*Speaker: Robert M.T. Hunter -Members:This list is arranged by chamber, then by state...
Congresses (March 4, 1837-March 3, 1841).
He served as chairman of the Committee on Elections (Twenty-sixth Congress).
He declined to be a candidate for renomination.
He served as mayor of Petersburg, Virginia
Petersburg, Virginia
Petersburg is an independent city in Virginia, United States located on the Appomattox River and south of the state capital city of Richmond. The city's population was 32,420 as of 2010, predominantly of African-American ethnicity...
, from May 6, 1847, to May 5, 1848.
He died in Petersburg, Virginia
Petersburg, Virginia
Petersburg is an independent city in Virginia, United States located on the Appomattox River and south of the state capital city of Richmond. The city's population was 32,420 as of 2010, predominantly of African-American ethnicity...
, December 26, 1861.
He was interred in Blandford Cemetery.