William McComas (1795 - June 3, 1865) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state
Born near Pearisburg, Virginia, McComas attended private schools and Emory and Henry College, Emory, Virginia. Pearisburg is a town in Giles County, Virginia, United States. Emory-Meadowview is a Census-designated place (CDP in Washington County, Virginia, United States. He engaged in agricultural pursuits and in the practice of law. He also was a Methodist minister. He served as member of the state senate 1830-1833.
McComas was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress and reelected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1833-March 3, 1837). Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1833 ( MDCCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 1837 ( MDCCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common He resumed his former activities. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1848 to the Thirty-first Congress. He served as delegate to the state secession convention in 1861 and voted against the ordinance. He served as judge of the United States district court during the Civil War. Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South He died on his farm near Barboursville, Virginia (now West Virginia), June 3, 1865. Barboursville is an Unincorporated community in Albemarle and Orange counties in the U Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year He was interred in the family cemetery.
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| Preceded by William McCoy | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 19th congressional district March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 (obsolete district) | Succeeded by John Robertson |
| Preceded by Charles F. Mercer | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 14th congressional district March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 (obsolete district) | Succeeded by William S. Morgan |
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