William Cabell Rives
William Cabell Rives (May 4, 1793April 25, 1868) was an American lawyer, planter, politician and
diplomat from
Virginia. Initially a
Jackson Democrat as well as member of the
First Families of Virginia, Rives served in the
Virginia House of Delegates representing first
Nelson County, then
Albemarle County, Virginia, before service in both the
U.S. House and
Senate (his final term as a
Whig). Rives also served two separate terms as U.S. Minister to
France. During the
Andrew Jackson administration, Rives negotiated a treaty whereby the French agreed to pay the U.S. for spoliation claims from the
Napoleonic Wars. During the
American Civil War, Rives became a Delegate to the
Provisional Confederate Congress and the
Confederate House of Representatives.
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