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William Lee Ball

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William Lee Ball (January 2, 1781 – February 29, 1824) was a nineteenth-century politician from Virginia.

Biography

Born in Lancaster County, Virginia, Ball received a liberal schooling as a child. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1805 to 1806 and again from 1810 to 1814. He served as a paymaster in the War of 1812 and was assigned to the 92nd Virginia Regiment.[1]

He later went on to serve in the Virginia State Senate from 1814 to 1817. He was elected a Democratic-Republican and later a Crawford Republican to the United States House of Representatives in 1816, serving from 1817 until his death in Washington D.C. on February 29, 1824. He was interred there in Congressional Cemetery.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Marquis Who's Who, Inc. Who Was Who in American History, the Military. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1975. P. 26 ISBN 0837932017 OCLC 657162692

See also

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 9th congressional district
March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1823 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 13th congressional district
March 4, 1823 – February 29, 1824 (obsolete district) 		Succeeded by
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