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William H. Cabell (December 16, 1772 – January 12, 1853) was a Virginia lawyer, politician, plantation owner, and judge aligned with the Democratic-Republican party. He served as a Member of the Virginia House of Delegates, as Governor of Virginia, and as a judge on what later became the Virginia Supreme Court.
Dec 22, 2021 · William H. Cabell was the governor of Virginia (1805–1808) and, for four decades, a justice of the Virginia Court of Appeals (1811–1852).
The firstborn of Col. and Mrs. Nicholas Cabell, William H. Cabell was the only member of the Cabell family to serve as Governor of the State of Virginia.
As governor of the state from 1805-1808, his brother, William H. Cabell, had lent the prestige of his office behind the cause of higher education and of the University.
William H. Cabell was a Virginia lawyer, politician, plantation owner, and judge aligned with the Democratic-Republican party. He served as a Member of the Virginia House of Delegates, as Governor of Virginia, and as a judge on what later became the Virginia Supreme Court.
William H. Cabell was a lawyer, judge, politician and governor of Virginia. He was an advocate of public schools and was deeply interested in higher education.
William H. Cabell, who had identified with the Jeffersonian Republicans upon his first election to the General Assembly in 1796, worked hand-in-hand with the Jefferson administration during his term as governor (1805-1808) in his handling of the Chesapeake-Leopard affair and the trial of Aaron Burr, held in Richmond.
Sep 27, 2012 · Virginia Governor William H. Cabell (December 16, 1772-January 12, 1853) was a major Cabell County landowner and the man for whom the county was named. He was born in Cumberland County, Virginia, the son of Nicholas Cabell and grandson of Dr. William Cabell, a surgeon in the British Navy who settled in Virginia in 1724.
Mar 29, 2021 · William H. Cabell was born on 16 December 1772 at Boston Hill in Cumberland County to Nicholas and Hannah Carrington Cabell. Educated at Hampden-Sydney College and the College of William and Mary, Cabell received a bachelor of law degree in 1793.
The firstborn of Col. and Mrs. Nicholas Cabell, William H. Cabell was the only member of the Cabell family to serve as Governor of the State of Virginia.
