Jabez Leftwich (September 22, 1765 – June 22, 1855) was an American politician who served the state of Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives between 1821 and 1825. He was born in Bedford County, Virginia near Liberty (now Bedford) on September 22, 1765. Between 1801 and 1809, he served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates. He served as inspector general with the rank of colonel on the staff of his brother, General Joel Leftwich, during the War of 1812. Leftwich was elected in 1820 as a Democratic-Republican representative to the 17th United States Congress and was reelected in 1822 as a Crawford Democratic-Republican representative to the 18th United States Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1824, and after the expiration of his term in 1825 move
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