William Lee Ball

American politician

William Lee Ball

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 9th district
In office March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1823
Preceded by	John Hungerford
Succeeded by	Andrew Stevenson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 13th district
In office March 4, 1823 – February 29, 1824
Preceded by	Burwell Bassett
Succeeded by	John Taliaferro

Personal details
Born	(1781-01-02)January 2, 1781 Lancaster County, Virginia, U.S.
Died	February 29, 1824(1824-02-29) (aged 43) Washington, D.C.

William Lee Ball (January 2, 1781 – February 29, 1824) was a nineteenth-century politician from Virginia who served four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1817 to until his death in 1824.

Biography

Born in Lancaster County, Virginia, Ball received a liberal schooling as a child. He was a slave owner.^[1]

Political career

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.^[2]

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.

Death

He served in the House from 1817 until his death in Washington, D.C., on February 29, 1824.

He was interred in Congressional Cemetery.^[2]

References

^ "Congress slaveowners", The Washington Post, January 19, 2022, retrieved January 24, 2022
^ ^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

External links

United States Congress. "William Lee Ball (id: B000103)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
William Lee Ball at Find a Grave

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

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 9th congressional district

v t e Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 13th congressional district
Griffin Clopton Marshall Tazewell Clopton Trigg Clark Burwell Bayly Bassett Parker Bassett Ball Taliaferro Chinn Patton Banks Smith Hopkins Fulton McMullen Hopkins Martin (inactive 1863–present)