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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 ...
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He brings experience and dedication to every facet of sailing – VMI engineer, business leader, philanthropist, boat builder, volunteer, sailor and dad. Honors and Accomplishments: 2017, Dennis Conner Lifetime Achievement Award. 2015, Elected Commodore of the New York Yacht.
Genealogy. William Cabell Rives (1793-1868) The political genius of the Cabell family concentrated in the fourth generation of Cabells in America on William Cabell Rives, the great-grandson of patriarch William Cabell.
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 began under the tutelage of his neighbors, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, and extended beyond the Civil War he struggled ...
Descendants of William Cabell Rives. Shown here in front of an idealized “ Castle Hill ,” the Albemarle County home of William C. Rives, are his three sons: Francis Robert Rives, William Cabell Rives, Jr., and Alfred Landon Rives. Oil on Canvas. George Cooke at the University of Virginia.
Senators, U.S. Congress--Virginia. Provenance. The papers of William Cabell Rives, U.S. senator and representative from Virginia, were deposited in the Library of Congress in 1928, 1929, 1940, and 1941 by Mrs. Helen M. Rhinelander and converted to a gift in 1946. Some materials were transferred to the James Madison Papers in the Library in 1958.
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. 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 ...
