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William McCoy (September 20, 1768 – August 19, 1835) was an 18th- and 19th-century politician from Virginia.

Early life

William McCoy was born near Warrenton in Fauquier County in the Colony of Virginia.

Career

McCoy was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1798 to 1804.

He was elected a Democratic-Republican, Crawford Republican and Jacksonian to the United States House of Representatives in 1810, serving from 1811 to 1833. There, he served as chairman of the Committee on Claims from 1827 to 1829.^[1]

McCoy was a delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1829-1830, serving from a state senatorial district that included Augusta, Rockbridge and Pendleton Counties. There he served on the Committee of the Executive Department.^[2]

Death

William McCoy died in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1835^[3] and was interred in the University of Virginia Cemetery.

Electoral history

• 1811; McCoy was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives with 52.64% of the vote, defeating Federalist Samuel Blackburn.
• 1813; McCoy was re-elected unopposed.
• 1815; McCoy was re-elected with 51.01% of the vote, defeating Federalist Robert Porterfield.
• 1817; McCoy was re-elected unopposed.
• 1819; McCoy was re-elected unopposed.
• 1821; McCoy was re-elected unopposed.

References

Bibliography

• "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present". bioguide.congress.gov. United States Congress. Retrieved January 1, 2016.

• Pulliam, David Loyd (1901). The Constitutional Conventions of Virginia from the foundation of the Commonwealth to the present time. John T. West, Richmond. ISBN 978-1-2879-2059-5.

External links

• United States Congress. "William McCoy (id: M000377)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Virginia State Elections Database Project Electoral History and Biography