BRENT, Richard (1757-1814)
Democrat-Republican of Virginia 
0th congressional district
Served in Senate 1809-1814
Served in House 1795-1799 , 1801-1803
Biography
A Representative and a Senator from Virginia; born at 'Richland,' on the Potomac River, at Aquia Creek, Stafford County, Va., in 1757; studied law; admitted to the bar and practiced; member of the Virginia house of delegates from Stafford County in 1788 and from Prince William County in 1793, 1794, 1800, and 1801; elected as a Democratic Republican to the Fourth and to the succeeding Congress (March 4, 1795-March 3, 1799); elected as a Democratic Republican to the Seventh Congress (March 4, 1801-March 3, 1803); member, Virginia state senate, 1808-1810; elected to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1809, until his death in Washington, D.C., on December 30, 1814; interment in the family burial ground at 'Richland,' on the Potomac River, at Aquia Creek.Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
