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    William Branch Giles

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  1. William Branch Giles (August 12, 1762 – December 4, 1830; the g is pronounced like a j) was an American statesman, long-term Senator from Virginia, and the 24th Governor of Virginia. He served in the House of Representatives from 1790 to 1798 and again from 1801 to 1803; in between, he was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates and was ...

  2. Apr 20, 2022 · William Branch Giles (August 12, 1762 – December 4, 1830; the g is pronounced like a j) was an American statesman, long-term Senator from Virginia, and the 24th Governor of Virginia. He served in the House of Representatives from 1790 to 1798 and again from 1801 to 1803; in between, he was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, and was ...

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    • December 4, 1830
  3. Apr 30, 2022 · William Branch Giles (August 12, 1762 – December 4, 1830); the name is pronounced jyles) was an American statesman, long-term Senator from Virginia, and the 24th Governor of Virginia. He served in the House of Representatives from 1790 to 1798, and again from 1801 to 1803; in between, he was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, and ...

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  5. Senator William Branch Giles of Virginia was 42 years old when he entered the Senate in 1804, having already served ten years in the House of Representatives. As a Representative during the presidencies of George Washington and John Adams, Giles was a leading Republican opponent of the Federalist administrations’ policies, criticizing ...

  6. William Branch Giles (August 12, 1762 – December 4, 1830) was a prominent Virginian lawyer, congressman, senator, and governor who studied law under George Wythe at the College of William & Mary. He was an adamant anti-Federalist who advocated for the purity of the original Constitution and states' rights. William Giles was born on August 12 ...

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  8. William Branch Giles was an American statesman, long-term Senator from Virginia, and the 24th Governor of Virginia. He served in the House of Representatives from 1790 to 1798 and again from 1801 to 1803; in between, he was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates and was an Elector for Jefferson in 1800.

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