Hugh Nelson was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...

 from Virginia

Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...

, son of Thomas Nelson

Thomas Nelson

-American public officials:*Thomas Nelson, Jr. , American Revolutionary War leader; signer of Declaration of Independence; governor of Virginia...

, Jr..

Born in Yorktown, Virginia

Yorktown, Virginia

Yorktown is a census-designated place in York County, Virginia, United States. The population was 220 in the 2000 census. It is the county seat of York County, one of the eight original shires formed in colonial Virginia in 1634....

, Nelson completed preparatory studies.
He was graduated from the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia

Williamsburg, Virginia

Williamsburg is an independent city located on the Virginia Peninsula in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia, USA. As of the 2010 Census, the city had an estimated population of 14,068. It is bordered by James City County and York County, and is an independent city...

, in 1780.
He served in the State senate 1786-1791.
He served as member of the State house of delegates 1805-1809 from 1828 to 1829.
He served as judge of the general court.

Nelson was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Twelfth

12th United States Congress

- House of Representatives :During this congress, one new House seat was added for the new state of Louisiana.- Senate :*President: George Clinton *President pro tempore: William H. Crawford -House of Representatives:*Speaker: Henry Clay...

 and to the five succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1811, until his resignation on January 14, 1823, having received an appointment in the diplomatic service.
He served as chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary (Fourteenth

14th United States Congress

- Senate :* President: Vacant* President pro tempore: John Gaillard of South Carolina, first elected December 4, 1815- House of Representatives :* Speaker: Henry Clay of Kentucky-Members:This list is arranged by chamber, then by state...

, Fifteenth

15th United States Congress

-Leadership:- Senate :* President: Daniel D. Tompkins * President pro tempore:** John Gaillard , elected March 4, 1817** James Barbour , elected February 15, 1819- House of Representatives :*Speaker: Henry Clay -Members:...

, and Seventeenth

17th United States Congress

The Seventeenth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1821 to March 3, 1823, during the fifth and sixth...

 Congresses).
He was appointed by President James Monroe as United States Minister to Spain on January 15, 1823, and served until November 23, 1824.
He died at his home, "Belvoir," Albemarle County, Virginia, March 18, 1836.
He was interred in Belvoir Cemetery, Cismont, Virginia

Cismont, Virginia

Cismont is an unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia....

.

Source