Background
Leftwich, Jabez was born on September 22, 1765 in near Liberty (now Bedford), Virginia, United States.
United States representative politician Member of the Alabama House of Representatives Member of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia
Leftwich, Jabez was born on September 22, 1765 in near Liberty (now Bedford), Virginia, United States.
Leftwich was elected in 1820 as a Democratic-Republican representative to the 17th United States Congress and was reelected in 1822 as a Crawford Democratic-Republican representative to the 18th United States Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1824, and after the expiration of his term in 1825 moved to Madison County, Alabama, where he was a farmer and merchant. In his later years, he served in the Alabama House of Representatives.
Leftwich died near Huntsville, Alabama on June 22, 1855, and was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery in Huntsville. 1823; Leftwich was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives with 56.12% of the vote, defeating fellow Democratic-Republican Nathaniel H. Claiborne.
Between 1801 and 1809, he served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates.