John Wayles Eppes

John W. Eppes
United States Senator
from Virginia
In office
March 4, 1817 – December 4, 1819
Preceded byArmistead T. Mason
Succeeded byJames Pleasants
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 16th district
In office
March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815
Preceded byJames Pleasants
Succeeded byJohn Randolph
In office
March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1811
Preceded byAnthony New
Succeeded byJames Pleasants
Member of the
Virginia House of Delegates
from Chesterfield County
In office
December 7, 1801 – March 4, 1803
Serving with Matthew Cheatham
Preceded byThomas Augustus Taylor
Succeeded byIsaac Salle
Personal details
BornJohn Wayles Eppes
April 1772
DiedSeptember 13, 1823(1823-09-13) (aged 51)
Resting placeEppes family cemetery at Millbrook
PartyDemocratic-Republican
Spouses
(m. 1797; died 1804)
Martha Burke Jones
(m. 1809)
Children9, including Francis W. Eppes
Alma materHampden–Sydney College
ProfessionLawyer, planter, politician
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John Wayles Eppes (April 1772 – September 13, 1823) was an American lawyer and politician. He represented Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1803 to 1811 and again from 1813 to 1815. He also served in the U.S. Senate (1817–1819). His positions in Congress occurred after he served in the Virginia House of Delegates representing Chesterfield County (1801–1803).