Carter Bassett Harrison: Congressional Leader

Carter Bassett Harrison

Virginia lawyer, planter, and politician. During the Revolutionary War, he left college to join the American military, becoming a lawyer after the war. After serving in the Virginia House of Delegates, he served as a U.S. Representative from Virginia from 1793 to 1799, later returning to state politics. His father was Declaration of Independence signer Benjamin Harrison V, and his younger brother was future 9th President William Henry Harrison.

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Year	Carter Bassett Harrison
1756	Birth of Carter Bassett Harrison (Period: c. 1756, Location: Around Charles City (present-day Charles City County, Virginia))
1770	Service in the American Revolutionary War (Age: 14 years old, Period: Late 1770s, Location: Virginia)
1775	American Revolutionary War (Age: 19 years old, Period: 1775–1783, Location: Mainly the Southern Colonies and Western Appalachia)
1780	Admission to the Bar After the Revolutionary War (Carter Bassett Harrison, Age: 24 years old, Period: 1780s, Location: Virginia)
1784	Assumption of Office in the Virginia House of Delegates Representing Surry County (Carter Bassett Harrison, Age: 28 years old, Period: 1784–1786, Location: Surry County, Virginia) Member of the Virginia House of Delegates Representing Surry County (Carter Bassett Harrison, Age: 28 years old, Period: 1784–1786, Location: Virginia General Assembly, Richmond)
1787	Marriage (Carter Bassett Harrison and Mary, Age: 31 years old, Period: January 15, 1787, Location: Surry County, Virginia) Marriage to Mary Howell Allen (Age: 31 years old, Period: January 15, 1787, Location: Surry County, Virginia) Marriage (Carter Bassett Harrison and Mary Howell Allen, Age: 31 years old, Period: January 15, 1787, Location: Surry County, Virginia)
1792	First Election to the United States House of Representatives (Carter Bassett Harrison, Age: 36 years old, Period: 1792, Location: Virginia's 10th Congressional District)
1793	Assumption of Office in the United States House of Representatives (Carter Bassett Harrison, Age: 37 years old, Period: March 4, 1793–March 3, 1799, Location: Washington, D.C.)
1800	Relocation to Prince George County (Carter Bassett Harrison, Age: 44 years old, Period: c. 1800, Location: Maycox, Prince George County, Virginia) Relocation From Surry County to Prince George County (Carter Bassett Harrison, Age: 44 years old, Period: c. 1800, Location: Maycox, Along the James River, Prince George County) Marriage (Carter Bassett Harrison and Jane, Age: 44 years old, Period: Early 1800s, After the Death of Mary Howell Allen, Location: Virginia (Exact location unknown)) Marriage (Carter Bassett Harrison and Jane Byrd, Age: 44 years old, Period: Early 1800s, After the Death of Mary Howell Allen, Location: Virginia (Exact location unknown))
1805	Return to the Virginia House of Delegates Representing Prince George County (Carter Bassett Harrison, Age: 49 years old, Period: December 2, 1805–February 10, 1808, Location: Virginia General Assembly)
1808	Death of Carter Bassett Harrison (Age: 52 years old, Period: April 18, 1808)

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The Randolph Family	Peyton Randolph John Randolph of Roanoke Edmund Jennings Randolph Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. John Randolph
The Harrison Family	Benjamin Harrison V Carter Henry Harrison I William Henry Harrison Carter Bassett Harrison Benjamin Harrison IV
Wars with Indigenous Peoples and Territorial Expansion	Andrew Jackson William Henry Harrison John Sevier Isaac Shelby Tecumseh William Weatherford Pushmataha Osceola Sequoyah
Texas annexation	James Knox Polk John Tyler Zachary Taylor Winfield Scott Samuel Houston Stephen Fuller Austin

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