John Claiborne (January 26, 1778October 9, 1808) was a son of Thomas Claiborne (1749–1812) and brother of Thomas Claiborne (1780–1856). He was a Representative from Virginia; born in Brunswick County, Virginia in 1778; pursued academic studies; graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in 1798 and practiced; elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Ninth and Tenth Congresses and served from March 4, 1805, until his death in Brunswick County, Virginia, on October 9, 1808; interment in the family burying ground of Parson Jarratt, Dinwiddie, Virginia.
See also
List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)
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1778 births
1808 deaths
People from Brunswick County, Virginia
Claiborne family
American people of English descent
Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives American physicians Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania alumni