This article is about the Virginia politician. For his son, see John J. Roane

John J. Roane

John Jones Roane was a nineteenth century clerk and congressman from Virginia. He was the son of congressman John Roane.Roane was born in Essex County, Virginia to politician John Roane...

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John Roane (February 9, 1766 – November 15, 1838) was an eighteenth and nineteenth century politician from Virginia

Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...

. He was the father of congressman John J. Roane

John J. Roane

John Jones Roane was a nineteenth century clerk and congressman from Virginia. He was the son of congressman John Roane.Roane was born in Essex County, Virginia to politician John Roane...

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Born at "Uppowac" in King William County, Virginia

King William County, Virginia

As of the census of 2000, there were 13,146 people, 4,846 households, and 3,784 families residing in the county. The population density was 48 people per square mile . There were 5,189 housing units at an average density of 19 per square mile...

, Roane pursued in preparatory studies as a young man. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates

Virginia House of Delegates

The Virginia House of Delegates is the lower house of the Virginia General Assembly. It has 100 members elected for terms of two years; unlike most states, these elections take place during odd-numbered years. The House is presided over by the Speaker of the House, who is elected from among the...

 from 1788 to 1790 and again in 1792 and was a delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention

Constitutional convention (political meeting)

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 in 1788.

1789 election

He was chosen as an elector for the 1789 election from King & Queen District. That District consisted of Caroline County

Caroline County, Virginia

Caroline County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of 2010, the population was 28,545. Its county seat is Bowling Green. Caroline County is also home to The Meadow stables, the birthplace of the renowned racehorse Secretariat, winner of the 1973 Kentucky Derby, Preakness and...

, Essex County

Essex County, Virginia

As of the census of 2000, there were 9,989 people, 3,995 households, and 2,740 families residing in the county. The population density was 39 people per square mile . There were 4,926 housing units at an average density of 19 per square mile...

, Hanover County, King and Queen County and King William County, which cover the area between Richmond and the Rappahannock River

Rappahannock River

The Rappahannock River is a river in eastern Virginia, in the United States, approximately in length. It traverses the entire northern part of the state, from the Blue Ridge Mountains in the west, across the Piedmont, to the Chesapeake Bay, south of the Potomac River.An important river in American...

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All of the 10 electors from Virginia who voted cast one of their two votes for George Washington. 5 of them cast their other vote for John Adams

John Adams

John Adams was an American lawyer, statesman, diplomat and political theorist. A leading champion of independence in 1776, he was the second President of the United States...

. 3 cast theirs for George Clinton

George Clinton (vice president)

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. 1 cast his for John Hancock

John Hancock

John Hancock was a merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. He served as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first and third Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts...

. 1 cast his for John Jay

John Jay

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. Roane was one of three Clinton Electors chosen

Roane was later elected a Democratic-Republican

Democratic-Republican Party (United States)

The Democratic-Republican Party or Republican Party was an American political party founded in the early 1790s by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Political scientists use the former name, while historians prefer the latter one; contemporaries generally called the party the "Republicans", along...

 to the United States House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...

 in 1808, serving from 1809 to 1815. He engaged in agricultural

Agriculture

Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...

 pursuits before returning to the House in 1827, again as a Democratic-Republican and later a Jacksonian

Jacksonian democracy

Jacksonian democracy is the political movement toward greater democracy for the common man typified by American politician Andrew Jackson and his supporters. Jackson's policies followed the era of Jeffersonian democracy which dominated the previous political era. The Democratic-Republican Party of...

, serving until 1831 when he was succeeded by his son John J. Roane

John J. Roane

John Jones Roane was a nineteenth century clerk and congressman from Virginia. He was the son of congressman John Roane.Roane was born in Essex County, Virginia to politician John Roane...

. He came back a third time in 1835, serving again until 1837. Roane died on November 15, 1838 at "Uppowac" and was interred at the family cemetery in Rumford, Virginia

Rumford, Virginia

Rumford is an unincorporated community in King William County, Virginia, United States....

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External links

• John Roane at The Political Graveyard
  The Political Graveyard
  The Political Graveyard is a website and database that catalogues information on more than 224,000 American political figures and political families, along with other information.-History:...