David Jameson (governor)
{{short description|American politician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2017}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = David Jameson
|office = Acting Governor of Virginia
|term_start = November 22, 1781
|term_end = December 1, 1781
|predecessor = Thomas Nelson, Jr.
|successor = Benjamin Harrison V
|birth_date = {{birth year|1723}}
|birth_place = Essex County, Colony of Virginia, British America
|death_date = {{nowrap|{{death date and given age|1793|7|10|69–70}}}}
|death_place =
}}
David Jameson (1723{{spaced ndash}}July 10, 1793) was the acting Governor of Virginia for a short period of time in 1781.
Early life
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Jameson was born at St. Anne’s Parish in Essex County in 1723. He attended the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University).
Career
He was a prominent merchant in Yorktown and an inventor. From in 1776 to 1777, he served in the Virginia State Senate during the Revolutionary War, serving on Patrick Henry's Privy Council.{{cite web |title=David Jameson |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/david-jameson/ |website=www.nga.org |date=January 13, 2018 |publisher=National Governors Association |accessdate=26 May 2020}}{{cite web |title=Founders Online: To James Madison from David Jameson, 15 September 1781 |url=https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-03-02-0125 |website=founders.archives.gov |accessdate=26 May 2020 |language=en}}
He served from 1780 to 1781 as lieutenant governor under Thomas Nelson, Jr. (signor of the United States Declaration of Independence) and served as Governor briefly in August 1781 when Nelson took ill,Raimo, John W. Biographical Directory of American Colonial and Revolutionary Governors, 1607-1789. Westport, CT: Meckler Books, c. 1980. before the ascension of Benjamin Harrison V to the office.{{cite web|url=http://www.innvista.com/society/government/leaders/ustates/virginia.htm |title=Virginia |accessdate=2008-04-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080626185243/http://www.innvista.com/society/government/leaders/ustates/virginia.htm |archivedate=2008-06-26 }}
In 1783, he was again elected to the Virginia State Senate.
Personal life
Jameson wed Mildred Smith,Marriages and Deaths from Richmond, Virginia Newspapers, 1780-1820. Special Publication Number 8. Richmond: Virginia Genealogical Society, c. 1983. the marriage produced no children.Headley, Robert K. Jr. Genealogical Abstracts from 18th-Century Virginia Newspapers. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987.
References
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External links
- [http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=758fca01046a7010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD Biography at the National Governors Association]
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Category:People from Essex County, Virginia
Category:Colonial governors of Virginia
Category:American people of Scottish descent
Category:Governors of Virginia
Category:Lieutenant governors of Virginia