The Political Graveyard: Virginia Politicians Who Died in Office

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Virginia Politicians Who Died While Still Holding Office

U.S. Senators from Virginia
U.S. Representatives from Virginia
Delegates to Continental Congress from Virginia
Delegates from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress
Senators from Virginia in the Confederate Congress
Representatives from Virginia in the Confederate Congress
Governors of Virginia
Lieutenant Governors of Virginia
Virginia Secretaries of State
Virginia State Attorneys General
Members of the Virginia State Senate
Members of the Virginia State House of Delegates
Delegates to Virginia Secession Convention
Members of the Virginia House of Burgesses
Chief Justices of the Virginia State Supreme Court
Justices of the Virginia State Supreme Court
Judges, Virginia Court of Appeals
Circuit Judges in Virginia

U.S. Senators from Virginia Who Died In Office:
- William Grayson, March 12, 1790
- Henry Tazewell, 1799
- Stevens Thomson Mason, May 9, 1803
- Richard Brent, December 30, 1814
- John Taylor of Caroline, August 21, 1824
- Isaac Samuels Pennybacker, 1847
- Lemuel Jackson Bowden, January 2, 1864
- John S. Barbour, Jr., May 14, 1892
- John W. Daniel, June 29, 1910
- Thomas S. Martin, 1919
- Carter Glass, May 28, 1946
U.S. Representatives from Virginia Who Died In Office:
- Theodorick Bland, June 1, 1790
- John Johns Trigg, May 17, 1804
- John Claiborne, October 9, 1808
- John Dawson, March 31, 1814
- Matthew Clay, May 27, 1815
- Thomas Gholson, Jr., July 4, 1816
- John Clopton, September 11, 1816
- Peterson Goodwyn, February 21, 1818
- William A. Burwell, February 16, 1821
- Thomas Van Swearingen, 1822
- William Lee Ball, February 28, 1824
- Alexander Smyth, April 17, 1830
- Charles Clement Johnston, June 17, 1832
- Philip Doddridge, November 19, 1832
- John Randolph of Roanoke, May 24, 1833
- Thomas Tyler Bouldin, February 11, 1834
- William Taylor, January 17, 1846
- George Coke Dromgoole, April 27, 1847
- Alexander Newman, September 8, 1849
- John F. Snodgrass, June 5, 1854
- Thomas H. Bayly, June 23, 1856
- William O. Goode, July 3, 1859
- Robert Ridgway, 1870
- Beverly Browne Douglas, December 22, 1878
- William H. F. Lee, October 15, 1891
- Sydney P. Epes, March 3, 1900
- Richard Alsop Wise, December 21, 1900
- Peter J. Otey, May 4, 1902
- Campbell Slemp, 1907
- John F. Rixey, February 8, 1907
- Francis R. Lassiter, October 31, 1909
- William A. Jones, April 17, 1918
- Walter A. Watson, December 24, 1919
- Rorer A. James, August 6, 1921
- Henry D. Flood, December 8, 1921
- Henry St. George Tucker, July 23, 1932
- Andrew J. Montague, January 24, 1937
- Patrick H. Drewry, December 21, 1947
- S. Otis Bland, February 16, 1950
- Dan Daniel, January 23, 1988
- Herbert H. Bateman, September 11, 2000
- Norman Sisisky, March 29, 2001
- Jo Ann Davis, October 6, 2007
Delegates to Continental Congress from Virginia Who Died In Office:
- Samuel Hardy, October 17, 1785
Delegates from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress Who Died In Office:
- John Tyler, January 18, 1862
Senators from Virginia in the Confederate Congress Who Died In Office:
- William B. Preston, November 16, 1862
Representatives from Virginia in the Confederate Congress Who Died In Office:
- Muscoe R. H. Garnett, February 14, 1864
Governors of Virginia Who Died In Office:
- George William Smith, December 26, 1811
Lieutenant Governors of Virginia Who Died In Office:
- L. Preston Collins, September 20, 1952
Virginia Secretaries of State Who Died In Office:
- B. O. James, April 26, 1927
Virginia State Attorneys General Who Died In Office:
- Robert Brooke, February 27, 1800
Members of the Virginia State Senate Who Died In Office:
- Charles U. Gravatt, April 14, 1922
- W. C. Corbitt, April 22, 1922
- William W. Workman, November 11, 1926
- E. B. White, December 17, 1926
- Thomas J. Downing, December 24, 1927
- John M. Beaty, January 25, 1928
- Samuel C. Goggin, March 19, 1928
- Benjamin F. Buchanan, February 21, 1932
- Frank B. Varney, May 7, 1932
- E. J. Harvey, May 7, 1932
- Edward E. Holland, October 23, 1941
- Aubrey G. Weaver, March 11, 1944
- Charles T. Moses, November 17, 1964
- Charles R. Fenwick, February 22, 1969
- William V. Rawlings, December 27, 1975
- Paul W. Manns, March 17, 1978
- Richard J. Holland, Sr., April 16, 2000
- Emily Couric, October 18, 2001
Members of the Virginia State House of Delegates Who Died In Office:
- George W. Hopkins, March 1, 1861
- H. T. Smith, April 18, 1936
- T. Franklin Daniel, June 30, 1942
- E. M. Bridgforth, December 16, 1951
- J. Bradie Allman, July 7, 1958
- Melvin L. Shreves, August 2, 1962
Delegates to Virginia Secession Convention Who Died In Office:
- John Q. Marr, June 1, 1861
Members of the Virginia House of Burgesses Who Died In Office:
- Richard Randolph, December 17, 1748
Chief Justices of the Virginia State Supreme Court Who Died In Office:
- Edmund Pendleton, October 23, 1803
- Robert R. Prentis, November 25, 1931
Justices of the Virginia State Supreme Court Who Died In Office:
- Martin P. Burks, April 30, 1928
- Jesse F. West, October 25, 1929
- R. H. L. Chichester, February 3, 1930
- Louis S. Epes, February 14, 1935
- Joseph W. Chinn, August 16, 1936
Judges, Virginia Court of Appeals Who Died In Office:
- Spencer Roane, September 4, 1822
Circuit Judges in Virginia Who Died In Office:
- D. Gardiner Tyler, September 5, 1927

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