Background
Claiborne, John Francis Hamtramck was born on April 24, 1809 in Natchez, Mississippi, United States. Son of General Ferdinand Leigh and Magdalene (Hutchins) Claiborne.
Claiborne, John Francis Hamtramck was born on April 24, 1809 in Natchez, Mississippi, United States. Son of General Ferdinand Leigh and Magdalene (Hutchins) Claiborne.
Doctor of Laws, University Mississippi, 1882.
Elected to Mississippi, Legislature from Adams County, 1829-1835. Member United States House of Representatives from Mississippi, 24th-25th congresses, 1835-1838. Editor Jeffersonian, New Orleans, 1844.
Editor Statesman, also Louisiana Courier. United States timber agent for Louisiana and Mississippi, 1853. Author: Life and Correspondence of General John A. Quitman, 1860.
Life and Times of General Samuel Dale, 1860. History of Mississippi as a Province, a Territory and a State, 1880.
Member United States House of Representatives from Mississippi, 24th-25th congresses, 1835-1838.
Married Martha Dunbar, December 1828, at least one son, Willis Herbert.