William Segar Archer
Whig Senator of Virginia
Representative
Virginia, district 17
January 18, 1820 - March 3, 1821
Representative
Virginia, district 17
December 3, 1821 - March 3, 1823
Representative
Virginia, district 3
December 1, 1823 - March 3, 1825
Representative
Virginia, district 3
December 5, 1825 - March 3, 1827
Representative
Virginia, district 3
December 3, 1827 - March 3, 1829
Representative
Virginia, district 3
December 7, 1829 - March 3, 1831
Representative
Virginia, district 3
December 5, 1831 - March 2, 1833
Representative
Virginia, district 3
December 2, 1833 - March 3, 1835
Senator
Virginia
May 31, 1841 - March 3, 1847
11
Congresses Served
8
House Terms
1
Senate Terms
March 5, 1789 (66 years old)
Birthday
March 28, 1855
Death
- Served multiple terms in the Virginia House of Delegates and the U.S. House of Representatives.
- Held a seat in the U.S. Senate from 1841 to 1847.
- Chaired the Committee on Foreign Affairs in the House and the Committee on Foreign Relations in the Senate.
- Advocated for states’ rights and had a conservative political stance.
- Initially supported the Democratic-Republican Party, later aligned with the Whig Party.
- Involved in significant legislative issues, including the Missouri Compromise and territorial expansion debates.
- Managed a plantation and practiced law, utilizing enslaved labor.
- Left a substantial estate, including land and a collection of books, to his family upon his death.