Aylett Hawes

Aylett Hawes
Member of the George F. Strother
Personal details
Born	(1768-04-21)April 21, 1768 Democratic-Republican
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Profession	Doctor, planter, politician

Aylett Hawes (April 21, 1768 – August 31, 1833) was a nineteenth-century medical doctor, politician, planter and slaveholder from Virginia.^[1][2]

Early life and education

Born in Culpeper County in the Colony of Virginia, Hawes received a private classical education. He then studied medicine and finished his education in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Career

Upon returning to Virginia, Hawes practiced medicine as well as bought several plantations in Culpeper County and what became Rappahannock County, Virginia, which he farmed using enslaved labor. He owned 25 slaves in Culpeper County in 1810.^[3] A decade later, Hawes owned 49 slaves.^[4] In the last census before his death, he owned 70 slaves.^[5]

Culpeper County voters elected Hawes as one of their two representatives in the Virginia House of Delegates. He won re-election several times, serving from 1802 to 1806, all alongside John Roberts.^[6]

In 1810, voters in what was then

, who had succeeded him in the Virginia House of Delegates about a decade earlier.

Death and legacy

Hawes died on his farm in

.

References

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by John Love	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 9th congressional district March 4, 1811 – March 4, 1813	Succeeded by John Hungerford
Preceded by John Dawson	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 10th congressional district March 4, 1813 – March 4, 1817	Succeeded by George Strother

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