Background
He was born in Orange County, Virginia in 1780, the son of Thomas Gholson and Jane Parry.
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He was born in Orange County, Virginia in 1780, the son of Thomas Gholson and Jane Parry.
He represented Virginia from 1808 to 1816 in the United States House of Representatives from both Virginia"s 18th congressional district and Virginia"s 17th congressional district both now obsolete congressional districts. He died on July 4, 1816, in Brunswick County, Virginia from the effects of a wound, received while serving several years previously as volunteer aide on the staff of General Peter Buell Porter, in the War of 1812, during the attack of the British on Washington, District of Columbia Gholson pursued an academic course studying law.
He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Brunswick County, Virginia. Gholson was elected as a Republican to the Tenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John Claiborne.
He was reelected to the Eleventh and to the three succeeding Congresses (November 7, 1808 – July 4, 1816).
He served as chairman of the Committee on Claims (Twelfth Congress). Thomas and Ann were the parents of the following children: William Yates Gholson of the Ohio Supreme Court, who married Martha Anne Jane Taylor. Cary Ann Gholson; and Thomas Gholson, III.
He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1806 to 1809. He served as member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1806 to 1809.