- John Botts
Infobox Congressman
name=John Minor Botts
width=200px
state=Virginia
district=11th & 6th
party=Whig
term=March 4 ,1839 –March 3 ,1843 March 4 ,1847 –March 3 ,1849
preceded=John RobertsonJames Seddon
succeeded=William TaylorJames Seddon
date of birth=birth date|1802|9|16|mf=y
place of birth=Dumfries, Virginia , U.S.
date of death=death date and age|1869|1|8|1802|9|16|mf=y
place of death=Richmond, Virginia , U.S.
spouse=
religion=
profession=Politician ,Lawyer
footnotes=John Minor Botts (
September 16 ,1802 –January 8 ,1869 ) was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer fromVirginia .Born in
Dumfries, Virginia , Botts attended the common schools inRichmond, Virginia as a child, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1830, commencing practice in Richmond. He moved toHenrico County, Virginia and engaged in agricultural pursuits and was a member of theVirginia House of Delegates from 1833 to 1839. Botts was elected a Whig to theUnited States House of Representatives in 1838, serving from 1839 to 1843. He was unsuccessful for reelection in 1842, but was elected back in 1846, serving again from 1847 to 1849. Their, he was chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs from 1847 to 1849. Botts was once again unsuccessful for reelection in 1848 and again in 1850. He was a member of the Virginia Constitutional Convention from 1850 to 1851 and resumed practicing law in Richmond in 1852. Botts was a delegate to the Southern Loyalists' Convention in 1866 before his death onJanuary 8 ,1869 inRichmond, Virginia . He was interred in the Shockoe Hill Cemetery.External links
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