William Lee Ball | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 9th district | |
| In office March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1823 | |
| Preceded by | John Hungerford |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Stevenson |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 13th district | |
| In office March 4, 1823 – February 29, 1824 | |
| Preceded by | Burwell Bassett |
| Succeeded by | John Taliaferro |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 2, 1781 Lancaster County, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | February 29, 1824 (aged 43) Washington, D.C. |
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[edit]
Born in Lancaster County, Virginia, Ball received a liberal schooling as a child. He was a slave owner.[1]
Political career[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- United States Congress. "William Lee Ball (id: B000103)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- William Lee Ball at Find a Grave
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Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 13th congressional district | ||
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