John Munford Gregory

John M. Gregory

John Munford Gregory (born July 8, 1804 in Charles City County , Virginia , †  April 9, 1884 ) was an American politician and governor of the state of Virginia from 1842 to 1843 .

Early years and political advancement

John Gregory attended the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg until 1830 . He became a member of the Whig Party and sat in the Virginia House of Representatives from 1832 to 1836 and from 1839 to 1841 . Then he moved to the State Senate .

Governor of Virginia

As president of this body, he succeeded incumbent Governor John Rutherfoord . Since the terms of office of the governor of Virginia were now extended to three years and the beginning of the terms of office had been set to January, he could exercise this office between March 31, 1842 and January 1, 1843. His two predecessors, John M. Patton and John Rutherfoord, were also acting governors only. The last official governor had been Thomas Walker Gilmer , who had resigned in 1841 because of his appointment as Secretary of the Navy . Gregory was thus the fourth governor in a legislature after Gilmer, Patton and Rutherfoord.

Another résumé

Between 1853 and 1860 Gregory was a federal attorney for the eastern part of Virginia. From 1860 to 1866, also during the civil war , he was a judge in the sixth legal district of his state. After the war, he was deposed by the Union military authorities because Virginia was part of the Confederate States and Gregory himself was also a slave owner. Gregory then became a lawyer. He was later reassigned to the Virginia State Service as Charles City County District Attorney . He held this office until 1880. He then retired to Williamsburg. He died in 1884. John Gregory was married to Amanda Wallace.

Web links

• John Munford Gregory in the National Governors Association (English)

• John Munford Gregory in the database of Find a Grave (English)