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Henry Tazewell (1753-1799) served in the Virginia Assembly from 1775 to 1786. He had previously served in the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1776 and went on to being U.S. Senator (1793-1799) and President pro tempore of the Senate during the Third and Fourth Congresses.
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"Henry Tazewell," A History of the Virginia House of Delegates, Virginia General Assembly, https://history.house.virginia.gov/members/3360, accessed 6 August 2025.
“Robert Johnston to George Washington, 27 May 1785,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/04-03-02-0018. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Confederation Series, vol. 3, 19 May 1785 – 31 March 1786, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1994, pp. 18–20.]
"Henry Tazewell", Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=t000107, accessed 3 September 2025.