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About Judge Philip Norborne Nicholas
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Attorney General of Virginia
He also served as President of the Farmers' Bank of Richmond, and as a judge of the state General Court. In 1829-30, he was a delegate to the state Constitutional Convention. Another delegate, Hugh Blair Grigsby of Norfolk, recorded his impression of Nicholas:
"This gentleman was a singular compound of buffoonery and good sense. He seemed to wear a perpetual smile on his countenance, which circumstance induced some to believe him insincere in the cause which he advocated.... He frequently spoke with considerable ability; but from the symptom of insincerity which seemed apparent in his speaking, as well as from his obtruding himself too often on the house, he became unpopular as a speaker -- not as a man, for all liked him -- and never succeeded after his first two or three speeches, in obtaining the ear of the house." (VA Mag. of Hist. and Bio., July 1953).
(Many thanks to Jeffry Burden for researching and sharing this information on Philip N. Nicholas)
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Judge Philip Norborne Nicholas's Timeline
| 1776 |
February 27, 1776
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Frederick, VA, United States
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| 1799 |
1799
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1800
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1801
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| 1824 |
1824
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| 1829 |
December 1829
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Virginia, United States
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December 16, 1830
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Virginia, United States
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1832
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