About John Claiborne
Lived 1777 – 1808 (aged 30–31). John Claiborne was an American politician.
John Claiborne (January 26, 1778 – October 9, 1808) was a son of Thomas Claiborne (1749–1812) and brother of Thomas Claiborne (1780–1856). He was a representative from Virginia; born in Brunswick County, Virginia in 1778; pursued academic studies; graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in 1798 and practiced; elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Ninth and Tenth Congresses and served from March 4, 1805, until his death in Brunswick County, Virginia, on October 9, 1808; interment in the family burying ground of Parson Jarratt, Dinwiddie, Virginia.
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American politician (1777-1808)
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John Claiborne was born in 1777 in Brunswick County.
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John Claiborne died on 9 October 1808 in Brunswick County.
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John Claiborne was a politician.
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