politician
Carter Braxton.
American politician (1736-1797), signer of the Declaration of Independence
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About Carter Braxton
Carter Braxton was a Founding Father of the United States, signer of the Declaration of Independence, merchant, and Virginia planter. A grandson of Robert "King" Carter, one of the wealthiest and most powerful landowners and slaveholders in Virginia, Braxton was active in Virginia's legislature for more than 25 years, generally allied with Landon Carter, Benjamin Harrison V, Edmund Pendleton and other conservative planters.
Everything about Carter Braxton →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- member of the Virginia House of Delegates
- Citizenship
- United States, Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- September 16, 1736, September 10, 1736
- Died
- October 10, 1797