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William Cabell Rives (May 4, 1793 – April 25, 1868) was an American lawyer, planter, politician and diplomat from Virginia.
William Cabell (March 13, 1730 – March 23, 1798) was an American planter, soldier, and politician who served more than four decades in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly representing the area of his and family members' plantations on the upper James River.
15 de dic. de 2022 · William was born at "Union Hill", the estate of his grandfather, Col. William Cabell, in Amherst County, Virginia. It was located on the James River in what is now Nelson County. He was the son of Robert Rives (1764 - 1845) and Margaret Jordan Cabell Rives (1770 - 1815).
Defying the president and Democratic Party leaders in an 1838 Senate speech, William Cabell Rives declared, “I can never forget that I have a country to serve as well as a party to obey.” His career of public service began under the tutelage of his neighbors, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, and extended beyond the Civil War he struggled ...
"William Cabell Rives: A Country to Serve," is the story of a gentleman who was a student and protégé of both Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, who carefully prepared him in both sense and sensibilities for a lifelong career as a lawyer and United States' public servant -- to have included elected office to the Virginia House of Delegates from...
The papers of William Cabell Rives, U.S. senator and representative from Virginia, were deposited in the Library of Congress in 1928, 1929, 1940, and 1941 by Mrs. Helen M. Rhinelander and converted to a gift in 1946. Some materials were transferred to the James Madison Papers in the Library in 1958.
William Cabell Rives (1792–1868) State of Residence: Virginia. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (France) Appointed: April 18, 1829. Presentation of Credentials: October 25, 1829. Termination of Mission: Left post on September 27, 1832.
