Hugh Nelson | |
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United States Minister to Spain | |
In office December 4, 1823 – July 23, 1824 | |
Appointed by | James Monroe |
Preceded by | John Forsyth |
Succeeded by | Alexander Hill Everett |
Chair of the House Judiciary Committee | |
In office March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1819 | |
Preceded by | Charles J. Ingersoll |
Succeeded by | John Sergeant |
In office 1822 – March 3, 1822 | |
Preceded by | John Sergeant |
Succeeded by | Daniel Webster |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia | |
In office March 4, 1811 – January 14, 1823 | |
Preceded by | David S. Garland |
Succeeded by | Alexander Smyth |
Constituency | 21st district (1811-1813) 22nd district (1813-1823) |
13th Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates | |
In office 1807–1809 | |
Preceded by | Peter Johnston Jr. |
Succeeded by | James Barbour |
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the Albemarle district | |
In office 1805 – 1809 Alongside Joel Yancey, Walter Leake, Peter Carr, Rice Garland | |
Preceded by | William Waller Hening |
Succeeded by | Tucker Coles William D Meriwether |
In office 1828 – 1829 Alongside John P Drummond, William F. Gordon | |
Preceded by | Albert Allmand Charles Cocke |
Succeeded by | Thomas Walker Gilmer Rice W Wood |
Member of the Virginia Senate from the Elizabeth City, Warwick and York district | |
In office 1786–1791 | |
Preceded by | William Lee |
Succeeded by | Richard Cary Jr |
Personal details | |
Born | Hugh Nelson September 30, 1768 Yorktown, Virginia Colony, British America |
Died | March 18, 1836 Albemarle County, Virginia, U.S. | (aged 67)
Resting place | Cismont, Virginia |
Political party | Democratic-Republican |
Parent(s) | Thomas Nelson Jr. (father) Lucy Grymes (mother) |
Education | College of William & Mary |
Hugh Nelson (September 30, 1768 – March 18, 1836) was an American politician and U.S. representative from Virginia. He was the son of Thomas Nelson Jr.