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William Lee Ball (January 2, 1781 – February 29, 1824) was a nineteenth-century politician from Virginia who served four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1817 to until his death in 1824.

Biography

Born in Lancaster County, Virginia, Ball received a liberal schooling as a child. He was a slave owner.[1]

Political career

He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1805 to 1806 and again from 1810 to 1814. He served as a paymaster in the War of 1812 and was assigned to the 92nd Virginia Regiment.[2]

He later went on to serve in the Virginia State Senate from 1814 to 1817. He was elected a Democratic-Republican and later a Crawford Republican to the United States House of Representatives in 1816.

Death

He served in the House from 1817 until his death in Washington, D.C., on February 29, 1824.

He was interred in Congressional Cemetery.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Congress slaveowners", The Washington Post, January 19, 2022, retrieved January 24, 2022
  2. ^ a b Marquis Who's Who, Inc. Who Was Who in American History, the Military. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1975. P. 26 ISBN 0837932017 OCLC 657162692

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 9th congressional district
March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1823 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 13th congressional district
March 4, 1823 – February 29, 1824 (obsolete district) 		Succeeded by


source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lee_Ball