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William Branch Giles, a noted lawyer and statesman, was born on 12 Aug. 1762 in Amelia County and was educated at Hampden-Sydney College, Princeton, and the College of William and Mary. He served Virginia in the United States House of Representatives from 1790 to 1798 and from 1801 to 1803, and in the U.S. Senate from 1804 to 1815, where he was a chief Republican ally of Thomas Jefferson during the Republican and Federalist party debates of that era. Giles was elected governor by the General Assembly in 1827 and served until 1830. He participated in the state constitutional convention of 1829 to 1830. Giles died on 4 Dec. 1830 in Amelia County and is buried near the Wigwam, his house, which stands to the northwest on Rte. 637.
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Amelia Court House, Virginia · United States
