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John Strode Barbour graduated from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA, and studied law. He served in the War of 1812 as aide-de-camp to General Madison. He was a member of the State house of delegates starting in 1813 and then to Congress in 1823-1833. He was a member of the Virginia constitutional conventions in 1829 and 1830 and a chairman of the Democratic National Convention in 1852. In his final years, he resumed the practice of law before dying at his home in Virginia in 1855.

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John Strode Barbour graduated from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA, and studied law. He served in the War of 1812 as aide-de-camp to General Madison. He was a member of the State house of delegates starting in 1813 and then to Congress in 1823-1833. He was a member of the Virginia constitutional conventions in 1829 and 1830 and a chairman of the Democratic National Convention in 1852. In his final years, he resumed the practice of law before dying at his home in Virginia in 1855.
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Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: John Strode Barbour
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