U.S. District Attorneys in Virginia
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U.S. District Attorneys in Virginia
U.S. District Attorneys for Virginia, 1789-1824(may beincomplete!)
JohnMarshall 1789WilliamNelson 1789-90WilliamNelson, Jr. 1790-91AlexanderCampbell 1791-96ThomasNelson 1796-1801JohnMonroe 1801-03GeorgeHay 1803-16WilliamWirt 1816-17RobertStanard 1817-24
U.S. District Attorneys for Virginia, 1831-1994(may beincomplete!)
ThomasE. Burfoot 1831-33RobertC. Nicholas 1833-50WilliamT. Joynes 1850-53JohnM. Gregory 1853-60PatrickH. Aylett 1860-61A.Judson Crane 1861-63LuciusH. Chandler 1863-70HenryH. Wells 1870-74LunsfordL. Lewis 1874-82JohnS. Wise 1882-83EdmundWaddill, Jr. 1883-85JohnCatlett Gibson 1885-89ThomasR. Borland 1889-93FrancisR. Lassiter 1893-96WilliamH. White 1896-98EdgarAllen 1898-1902LunsfordL. Lewis 1902-05RobertH. Talley 1905LunsfordL. Lewis 1905-12D.Lawrence Groner 1912-14RichardH. Mann 1914-19HiramM. Smith 1919-20D.Lawrence Groner 1920JulienGunn 1920-21D.Lawrence Groner 1921PaulW. Kear 1921-31RobertH. Talley 1931-32PaulW. Kear 1932-33SterlingHutcheson 1933-44HenryHolt 1944-47GeorgeR. Humrickhouse 1947-51A.Carter Whitehead 1951-53LesterS. Parsons, Jr. 1953-57JohnM. Hollis 1957-59JosephS. Bambacus 1959-61ClaudeV. Spratley, Jr. 1961-69BrianP. Gettings 1969-74DavidH. Hopkins 1974-75WilliamB. Cummings 1975-79JustinW. Williams 1979-81ElsieL. Munsell 1981-86JustinW. Williams 1986HenryE. Hudson 1986-91KennethE. Melson 1991RichardCullen 1991-93KennethE. Melson 1993HelenF. Fahey 1993-94
U.S. District Attorneys for Virginia, 1824-1994(may beincomplete!)
EdwinS. Duncan 1824-29WilliamA. Harrison 1829-34WashingtonG. Singleton 1834-42WilliamKinney 1842-43MosesC. Good 1843-46GeorgeH. Lee 1846-48GeorgeW. Thompson 1848-50BenjaminH. Smith 1850-53FlemingB. Miller 1853-61ThomasW. Harrison 1861AquillaB. Caldwell 1861-62BenjaminH. Smith 1862-63RobertWilliam Hughes 1871-73WarrenS. Lurty 1877-82D.S. Lewis 1882-85HenryC. Allen 1885-89WilliamE. Craig 1889-93AndrewJ. Montague 1893-98ThomasM. Alderson 1898-1902ThomasL. Moore 1902-10BarnesGillespie 1910-14RichardE. Byrd 1914-20JosephH. Chitwood 1920-21ThomasJ. Muncy 1921-22LewisP. Summers 1922-24JosephC. Shaffer 1924-29JohnPaul 1929-32JosephC. Shaffer 1932-33JosephH. Chitwood 1934-40FrankS. Tavenner, Jr. 1940-48HowardC. Gilmer, Jr. 1948-53JohnStrickler 1953-61ThomasB. Mason 1961-69LeighB. Hanes, Jr. 1969-75PaulR. Thomson, Jr. 1975-79E.Montgomery Tucker 1979-80JohnS. Edwards 1980-81JohnP. Alderman 1981-90E.Montgomery Tucker 1990-93MorganE. Scott, Jr. 1993RobertP. Crouch, Jr. 1993-94
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