OVERVIEW:

BORN:
April 24, 1783
Floyd’s Station, Virginia

DIED:
August 17, 1837 (age 54)
Sweet Springs, Virginia,

EDUCATION:
Dickinson College
University of Pennsylvania (MD)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democratic-Republican (Before 1828)
Nullifier (1828–1829)
Democratic (1829–1837)

HIGHLIGHTS: 
1807:
Justice of the Peace
1807-1812:
Major of the Virginia State Militia 
1812:
Served as a Surgeon During the War of 1812
1814-1815:
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
1817-1829:
U.S. House of Representatives
1830-1834:
Governor of Virginia 
1832:
Received an Electoral Vote from South Carolina for Vice President

SOURCES:
Library of Virginia
Biographical Directory of Congress
Dickinson College
Wikipedia

PAPERS:
The Life and Diary of John Floyd (IA, LOC)
Papers (Library of Virginia)