Thomas Hamlet Averett

July 10, 1800 (age 54)

He served as a drummer boy in the War of 1812. He served in the State senate in 1848 and 1849. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1846 to the Thirtieth Congress. Averett was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses (March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1852. He resumed the practice of medicine in Halifax County. He died near Halifax Court House, Virginia, June 30, 1855. He was interred in the family burial ground near Halifax Court House. 1849; Averett was elected to the United States. House of Representatives with 50.75% of the vote, defeating Whig Thomas Stanhope Flournoy. 1851. Averett was re-elected with 57.38% of the vote, defeating Whig Flournoy.

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Born near Halifax, Virginia, Averett attended the common schools. He studied medicine. He was graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and practiced in Halifax and the adjacent counties.

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He served as a drummer boy in the War of 1812. He served in the State senate in 1848 and 1849. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1846 to the Thirtieth Congress.

Averett was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses (March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853).

He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1852. He resumed the practice of medicine in Halifax County.

He died near Halifax Court House, Virginia, June 30, 1855. He was interred in the family burial ground near Halifax Court House.

1849; Averett was elected to the United States. House of Representatives with 50.75% of the vote, defeating Whig Thomas Stanhope Flournoy.

1851. Averett was re-elected with 57.38% of the vote, defeating Whig Flournoy.

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