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CHINN, Joseph William (1798-1840)

Jacksonian of Virginia

10th congressional district

Served in House 1831-1835

Total roll-call votes cast: 653

Biography

A Representative from Virginia; born at ``Epping Forest,'' near Nuttsville, Lancaster County, Va., on November 16, 1798; was graduated from Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., in 1819; studied law at Needham, Va.; was admitted to the bar in 1821 and practiced in Lancaster County, Va., member of the State house of delegates 1826-1828; served in the State senate 1829-1831; elected as a Jacksonian candidate to the Twenty-second and Twenty-third Congresses (March 4, 1831-March 3, 1835); chairman, Committee on District of Columbia (Twenty-third Congress); moved to Richmond, Va., where he resumed the practice of his profession; died on his estate, ``Wilna,'' near Richmond, Va., on December 5, 1840; interment in the family burying ground at ``Wilna.''
Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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