in Shockoe Hill Cemetery. His home at Richmond, the Benjamin Watkins Leigh House, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969. References Sources Dictionary of American Biography Dunn, Susan. Dominion of Memories: Jefferson, Madison, & the Decline of Virginia. Cambridge: Basic Books, 2007 Hall, Cline Edwin. “The Political Life of Benjamin Watkins Leigh.” Master’s thesis, University of Richmond, 1959 Macfarland, William H. An Address on the Life, Character, and Public Services of the Late Hon. Benjamin Watkins Leigh. Richmond: Macfarlane and Fergusson, 1851. Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume II External links biographic sketch at U.S. Congress website 1781 births 1849 deaths People from Chesterfield County, Virginia National Republican Party United States senators from Virginia Virginia National Republicans Virginia Whigs Members of the Virginia House of Delegates Politicians from Richmond, Virginia Virginia lawyers College of William & Mary alumni