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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—VirginiaCarter BRAXTON
(1736-1797)
BRAXTON, Carter,
(great-grandfather of Elliott Muse Braxton), a Delegate from
Virginia; born at “Newington,” on the Mattaponi River,
near King and Queen Court House, Va., September 16, 1736; was
graduated from the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va.,
in 1755; spent three years in England and attended Cambridge
University; member of the Virginia House of Burgesses 1761-1771 and
1775-1776; elected a Member of the Continental Congress to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Peyton Randolph and served from
February to August 1776, when Virginia reduced her representation
from seven to five; a signer of the Declaration of Independence;
member, Virginia house of delegates, 1776-1783, 1785-1786, and
1790-1794; member of the Virginia Council of State 1786-1791 and
from 1794 until his death in Richmond, Va., October 10, 1797;
interment on his estate, “Chericoke,” King William
County, Va.
Bibliography
Dill, Alonzo T. Carter Braxton, Virginia Signer: A Conservative
in Revolt. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 1983.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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