removed as House clerk in 1797. His allies in Pennsylvania soon found him a state job and he became even more active in promoting the Jefferson candidacy in 1800. Jefferson rewarded him with his old post of Clerk of the United States House of Representatives; Beckley got the House to add on the title of Librarian of Congress. Family Beckley married Maria Prince, the daughter of a retired ship captain, just before Congress moved from New York to Philadelphia, where the two would live from 1791 until 1801. Their son, Alfred Beckley, was born May 26, 1802. Alfred would go on to found the town of Beckley on the western lands (now in West Virginia), and named it in honor of his father. His home, Wildwood, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. References External links 1757 births 1807 deaths Clerks of the United States House of Representatives Librarians of Congress College of William & Mary alumni Mayors of Richmond, Virginia Librarians from London Virginia Democratic-Republicans