Edward Echols | |
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| President pro tempore of theVirginia Senate | |
| In office January 8, 1908 – December 19, 1914 | |
| Preceded by | Henry T. Wickham |
| Succeeded by | C. Harding Walker |
| Member of theVirginia Senate from the9th district | |
| In office January 10, 1906 – December 19, 1914 | |
| Preceded by | John N. Opie |
| Succeeded by | William H. Landes |
| In office December 4, 1889 – December 1, 1897 | |
| Preceded by | Absalom Koiner |
| Succeeded by | John N. Opie |
| 18th Lieutenant Governor of Virginia | |
| In office January 1, 1898 – January 1, 1902 | |
| Governor | James Hoge Tyler |
| Preceded by | Robert Craig Kent |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Edward Willard |
| Member of theVirginia House of Delegates forAugusta andStaunton City | |
| In office December 5, 1883 – December 4, 1889 | |
| Preceded by | J. Marshall Hanger |
| Succeeded by | George M. Cochran Jr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 2, 1849 |
| Died | December 19, 1914(1914-12-19) (aged 65) Staunton, Virginia, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Margaret Young Echols (m.1895) |
| Children | 2 |
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| Education | |
| Profession | Attorney |
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Edward Echols (September 2, 1849 – December 19, 1914) was a U.S.political figure from the Commonwealth ofVirginia.[1] Echols held office as the 18thLieutenant Governor of Virginia from 1898 to 1902.
Edward Echols was born inMonroe County (now in West Virginia). There is some confusion over his birth year, but he is listed in the 1850 census as being one year old in September 1850. He and his family moved to Staunton, Virginia, after the Civil War. He also served for six years in theVirginia House of Delegates and for a total of twelve years in theSenate of Virginia. His father,John Echols, was a brigadier general in theConfederate Army during theAmerican Civil War. Echols served as theNational Valley Bank's third president from 1905 to 1915.[2]
His house at Staunton, known asOakdene, was added to theNational Register of Historic Places in 1982.[3]
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