GOVERNORS OF THE STATE
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Cabell, William H., was born at ** Boston
Hill/* Cumberland county. Virginia, De-
cember i6, 1772. He was a grandson of
William Cabell of Warminster. Wiltshire,
England, and was son of Colonel Nicholas
and Hannah (Carrington) Cabell. He at-
tended a private school, and in February,
1785. entered Hampden-Sidney College. In
February, 1790, he entered William and
Mary College, as a student of law, under
Judge Tucker, where he continued until
July. 1793. He was a member of the as-
sembly in 1796. and also in 1798, when he
voted for the Virginia resolutions against
the alien and sedition laws. He was a Re-
publican, and was presidential elector in
1800 and 1804. In the last-named year he
became again a member of the general as-
sembly, but December i, 1805. became gov-
ernor, in which office he continued three
years, when he was succeeded by John
Tyler, the first governor of that name. The
trial of Aaron Burr for high treason, and
the attack on the frigate Chesapeake by
the British sloop-of-war Leopard, contrib-
uated to make his administration mem-
orable. In 1808 he was elected a judge of
the general court, and in 181 1 he became a
judge of the court of appeals. After the
adoption of the new constitution, in 1830.
Judge Cabell was again elected to the court
of appeals, and January 18. 1842, he was
elected president. He served until 185 1,
when he retired. He died at Richmond.
January 12, 1853, and was interred in Shock-
hoe hill cemetery. The resolutions adopted
by the court of appeals and bar ascribed to
him *'much of the credit which may be
claimed for the judiciary system of Vir-
ginia and its literature." He married.
March 11, 1805. Agnes Sarah Bell, eldest
daughter of Colonel Robert Gamble, of
Richmond.
Tyler, John, governor, December i. 1808- January 11, 181 1 (q. v.).
Monroe, James, (2d term), January 11, 1811-December 5. 181 1 (q. v.).
Smith, George William, lieutenant and acting governor, was born at "Bathurst," Essex county, Virginia, in 1762, son of Meriwether and Elizabeth (Daingerfield) Smith. He was a lawyer, and was member of the house of delegates for Essex, 1791- 1794. He removed to Richmond City, where he was one of the leading lawyers, and a representative in the house of delegates in 1 802- 1 808. In 1805 he was captain of the Richmond Republican Blues. He entered the privy council in 1807. and as lieutenant- governor became the acting governor by reason of the resignation of James Monroe. December 5, 1811. On the 26th of the same month he lost his life in the fire that con- sumed the Richmond theatre. He married (first) February 7, 1793. Sarah, fourth daughter of Colonel Richard Adams, and (second) Jane, widow of Meriwether Jones, editor of the Richmond "Examiner," and daughter of Dr. Read, of Hanover county. He left issue by the first marriage.
Randolph, Peyton, lieutenant and acting governor, son of Governor Edmund Ran- dolph and Elizabeth Nicholas, his wife, daughter of Robert Carter Nicholas, was born about 1778 and graduated at William and Mary College in 1798. He was elected tc the governor's council, and as senior member was acting governor from the death of Lieutenant-Governor George Wil- liam Smith. December 26. 181 1. to January 3,
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