death_date birth_date signature term_end country death_place title profession term_start order spouse image name predecessor birth_place president jr/sr party office state minister_from successor religion article_title
7 june 1842 10 june 1775 james barbour signature.svg may 7 , 1825 december 1 , 1814 october 1 , 23 1829 , 1828 december 26 , 1819 march the united kingdom barboursville , virginia , u.s. united states secretary of war lawyer , politician march 2 , 1815 january 3 , 1812 november 24 , 7 1828 , 1825 february 15 , 1819 january 11th 18th governor of virginia lucy johnson barbour barbourt.jpg james barbour john as acting governor albert gallatin c. calhoun john gaillard richard brent peyton randolph barboursville , virginia john quincy adams senator democratic-republican president pro tempore of the senate virginia united states peter nicholas louis mclane buell porter john gaillard john randolph wilson cary presbyterian james barbour

james barbour

james barbour -lrb- june 10 , 1775june 7 , 1842 -rrb- was an american lawyer , a member and speaker of the virginia house of delegates , the 18th governor of virginia , the first governor to reside in the current virginia governor 's mansion , a u.s. senator from 1814 -- 1825 , and the united states secretary of war from 1825-1828 .
barbour was a renowned statesman and orator .
his abilities to persuade by speech were noted by several of his peers , including john quincy adams .
barboursville , virginia located in orange county was named after james barbour .
the ruin of barbour 's mansion , barboursville , is listed on the national register of historic places and can be found on the grounds of barboursville vineyards in the madison-barbour rural historic district in barboursville , virginia .
the mansion was designed by james barbour 's friend , thomas jefferson .
barbour county , alabama is named in his honor .
barbour county in west virginia , as well as barbourville , kentucky and barboursville , west virginia are all named in honor of james barbour .
he was the brother of philip pendleton barbour , as speaker of the united states house of representatives and associate justice of the supreme court as well as the first cousin of john s. barbour and first cousin , once removed of john s. barbour , jr. .
