Henry Tazewell: Difference between revisions

'''Henry Tazewell''' (November 27, 1753{{spaced ndash}}January 24, 1799) was an American [[politician]] who was instrumental in the early government of [[Virginia]], and a [[US senator]] from Virginia.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bioguide Search|url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/T000107|access-date=2022-01-29|website=bioguide.congress.gov}}</ref> He was a slave owner., <ref>{{Cite news|last1=Weil|first1=Julie Zauzmer|last2=Blanco|first2=Adrian|last3=Dominguez|first3=Leo|title=More than 1,700 congressmen once enslaved Black people. This is who they were, and how they shaped the nation.|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/interactive/2022/congress-slaveowners-names-list/|access-date=2022-01-29|newspaper=Washington Post|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Congress slaveowners|date=2022-01-27|url=https://github.com/washingtonpost/data-congress-slaveowners|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=2022-01-29}}</ref> Tazewelland served as [[President pro tempore of the United States Senate|President pro tempore of the United States Senate in 1795]].