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

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. He was the father of congressman

John J. Roane John Jones Roane (October 31, 1794 – December 18, 1869) was a nineteenth-century clerk and congressman from Virginia. He was the son of congressman John Roane. Biography Roane was born in Essex County, Virginia, to politician John Roane. ...

Biography

Born at "Uppowac" in

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

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from 1788 to 1790 and again in 1792. He was a delegate to the

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in 1788; an event held at the Richmond Theatre. He was chosen as an elector for the 1789 election from King & Queen District. 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

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. 3 cast theirs for George Clinton. 1 cast his for

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. Roane was one of three Clinton Electors chosen Roane was later elected a

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to the

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

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pursuits before returning to the House in 1827, again as a Democratic-Republican and later a Jacksonian, serving until 1831 when he was succeeded by his son

. He was elected to his second Convention at the

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. He returned to the Congress 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.

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