Burwell Bassett (March 18, 1764 – February 26, 1841) was an eighteenth and nineteenth century politician from Virginia. Events 37 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius ' will and proclaims Caligula emperor Year 1764 ( MDCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link The 18th century lasted from 1701 to 1800 in the Gregorian calendar, in accordance with the Anno Domini / Common Era numbering system The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state He was the nephew of President George Washington, Martha Dandridge Custis Washington, Daniel Parke Custis and Benjamin Harrison V as well as the first cousin of President William Henry Harrison, Carter Bassett Harrison and John Parke Custis, the first cousin, once removed of John Scott Harrison, George Washington Parke Custis and Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis and the first cousin, twice removed of President Benjamin Harrison VI. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by George Washington (February 22 1732 December 14 1799 served as the first President of the United States of America (1789&ndash1797 and led the Martha Custis Washington (née Dandridge) ( June 2, 1731 &ndash May 22, 1802) was the wife of George Washington, the first Daniel Parke Custis ( 15 October 1711 &ndash 8 July 1757) was a wealthy Virginia planter Benjamin Harrison V (April 5 1726 April 24 1791 was an American planter and revolutionary leader from Charles City County Virginia. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by This article is about the general and president For his great-great-grandson see William H Carter Bassett Harrison (ca1756&ndash April 18, 1808) was a Politician from the U John Parke Custis ( 27 November 1754 – 5 November 1781) was a Virginia planter and stepson of George Washington. John Scott Harrison ( October 4, 1804 &ndash May 25, 1878) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from George Washington Parke Custis ( April 30, 1781 &ndash October 10, 1857) the adopted son (and also stepgrandson of United States Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis ( March 31, 1779 – July 15, 1852) known as Nelly, was the granddaughter of Martha Washington The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by Benjamin Harrison (August 20 1833 &ndash March 13 1901 was the twenty-third President of the United States, serving one term from 1889 to 1893
Born in Williamsburg, Virginia to Burwell Bassett and Anna Maria Dandridge, the sister of Martha Washington, Bassett attended the College of William and Mary. Williamsburg is a city located on the Virginia Peninsula in the Hampton Roads region in southeastern Virginia Martha Custis Washington (née Dandridge) ( June 2, 1731 &ndash May 22, 1802) was the wife of George Washington, the first The College of William and Mary (officially The College of William and Mary in Virginia, also known as William & Mary or W&M) is a Public university He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1787 to 1789 and the Virginia Senate from 1794 to 1805. Virginia House of Delegates is the Lower house of the Virginia General Assembly. Senate of Virginia is the Upper house of the Virginia General Assembly. He was unsuccessful in contesting the election of John Clopton to the United States House of Representatives in 1794, but was later elected in a Democratic-Republican in 1804, serving from 1805 to 1813. John Clopton ( February 7, 1756 - September 11, 1816) was a United States Representative from Virginia. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. There, Bassett served as chairman of the Committee on Claims and of the Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business from 1811 to 1813. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary US House Committee on the Judiciary, or (more commonly the House Judiciary Committee, is a Standing committee of He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1812, but later was so in 1814, serving again from 1815 to 1819. Bassett then returned to the House of Delegates, serving again from 1819 to 1821 and returned to the United States House a third time, serving again from 1821 to 1829 as a Democratic-Republican, Crawford Republican and Jacksonian. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. Jacksonian Democracy refers to the political philosophy of United States President Andrew Jackson and his supporters He was unsuccessful for reelection and eventually died on February 26, 1841 in New Kent County, Virginia. Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link New Kent County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia, a state of the United States. He was interned at the Eltham Plantation in New Kent County.
Bassett married twice, first to Elizabeth McCarty in 1788 and after her death to Philadelphia Ann Claiborne in 1800.
| Preceded by Thomas Griffin | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 12th congressional district March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1813 (obsolete district) | Succeeded by John Roane |
| Preceded by Thomas M. Bayly | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 13th congressional district March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1819 (obsolete district) | Succeeded by Severn E. Parker |
| Preceded by Severn E. Parker | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 13th congressional district March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 (obsolete district) | Succeeded by William L. Ball |
| Preceded by Charles F. Mercer | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 8th congressional district March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1829 | Succeeded by Richard Coke, Jr. |