List of United States Political Families (T) - The Tazewells

The Tazewells

• Henry Tazewell (1753–1799), member of the Virginia Colony House of Burgesses 1775, delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention 1775 1776, Virginia Assemblyman 1778–1785, Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court 1785–1789, Chief Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court 1789–1793, Judge of the High Court of Appeals 1793, U.S. Senator from Virginia 1794–1799. Father of Littleton Waller Tazewell.
  • Littleton Waller Tazewell (1774–1860), Virginia House Delegate 1798–1800, U.S. Representative from Virginia 1800–1801, Virginia House Delegate 1804–1806, Virginia House Delegate 1816–1817, U.S. Senator from Virginia 1824–1832, delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention 1829, Governor of Virginia 1834–1836. Son of Henry Tazewell.