deaths
August 15, 1859
Nathaniel Claiborne, American farmer and politician (born 1777)
Nathaniel Claiborne
Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne was a nineteenth-century Virginia lawyer and planter, as well as an American politician who served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly and in the United States House of Representatives (1825-1837).
August 15
August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 138 days remain until the end of the year.