| 词条 | Francis Preston |
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|name = Francis Preston |image = |office1 = Member of the Virginia Senate from Botetourt, Cabell, Giles, Grayson, Greenbrier, Kanawha, Lee, Mason Monroe, Montgomery, Russell, Scott, Tazewell, Washington and Wythe Counties |term1 = 1816–1819 |predecessor1 = Henley Chapman |successor1 = District abolished |office2 = Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Washington County |term2 = 1812–1813 Alongside Reuben Bradley |office3 = Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Montgomery County |term3 = 1788–1789 Alongside Daniel Trigg, Walter Crockett |state4 = Virginia |district4 = 4th |term_start4 = March 4, 1793 |term_end4 = March 3, 1797 |preceded4 = Richard Bland Lee |successor4 = Abram Trigg |birth_date = {{Birth date|1765|8|2}} |birth_place = Greenfield, Virginia |death_date={{death date and age|1835|5|26|1765|8|2}} |death_place=Columbia, South Carolina |resting_place = Seven Mile Ford, Virginia |party = Anti-Administration until 1795 |otherparty = Democratic-Republican after 1795 |alma_mater = The College of William and Mary |battles = War of 1812 |rank = Colonel |branch = Virginia state militia }}Francis Preston (August 2, 1765 – May 26, 1835) was an American lawyer and politician from Abingdon, Virginia. He was the son of Col. William Preston of Virginia, served in both houses of the state legislature, and represented Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1793 to 1797. Preston had a house built in Abingdon, now called the Martha Washington Inn. In 1795, while residing at Saltville, he constructed the Preston House.[1] Preston was the father of Isaac Trimble Preston, William Campbell Preston, and John S. Preston and the uncle of William Ballard and William Preston. Electoral history
References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/historic-registers/086-0006/|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Preston House|author=Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff|date=April 20, 1976|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources}} External links
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