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William Cabell Rives (May 4, 1793 – April 25, 1868) was an American lawyer, planter, politician and diplomat from Virginia.Initially a Jackson Democrat as well as member of the First Families of Virginia, Rives served in the Virginia House of Delegates representing first Nelson County, then Albemarle County, Virginia, before service in both the U.S. House and Senate (his final term as a Whig).
William went on to the most spectacular political career of all, marked by distinguished service as Ambassador to France, US Senator, and outspoken unionist. Descendants remained proud of their links to the Cabell family; Lucy Shands Rives’ grandson, Alexander Brown, completed the monumental The Cabells and Their Kin in 1895. Landon Cabell ...
Born to Robert and Margaret Cabell Rives at “Union Hill,” the Amherst County home of his grandfather, Col. William Cabell, on 4 May 1793, he briefly attended the College of William and Mary from 1808-1809 before earning expulsion for an affair of honor (which ruffled feathers but did not escalate to a duel). Fortunately for him, Rives ...
On September 3 at noon, Barclay Rives delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “William Cabell Rives: A Country to Serve.”. 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 ...
Rives 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. His parents were Robert (1764–1845) and Margaret Cabell (c.1770–1815) Rives, and his brothers included Alexander Rives. He was a great-uncle of Alexander Brown, author of books on the early history of Virginia and a ...
Dec 15, 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). He was the second of five siblings: Margaret Jordan Rives (1792 - 1862 ...
William Cabell Rives was an American lawyer, planter, politician and diplomat from Virginia. Initially a Jackson Democrat as well as member of the First Families of Virginia, Rives served in the Virginia House of Delegates representing first Nelson County, then Albemarle County, Virginia, before service in both the U.S. House and Senate.
