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Francis Rives Lassiter (February 18, 1866 – October 31, 1909) was a
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from
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, great-nephew of Francis E. Rives.


Biography

Francie Rives Lassiter was born in Petersburg, Virginia on September 29, 1867, a son of Dr. Daniel W. Lassiter and Anna Rives (Heath) Lassiter. His siblings included
William Lassiter William Lassiter (September 29, 1867- March 29, 1959) was a career in the United States Army. He was a veteran of the Spanish–American War, Occupation of Veracruz, World War I, and Occupation of the Rhineland and attained the rank of major gener ...
, who was a career
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officer and attained the rank of
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. Lassiter attended McCabe's University School at Petersburg and was graduated from the law department of the
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in 1886. He was admitted to the bar in 1887 and commenced practice in Boston, Massachusetts. He returned to Petersburg, Virginia, in 1888 and continued the practice of law. He became the City attorney of Petersburg from 1888 to 1893. Lassiter was appointed by President
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to be United States attorney for the eastern district of Virginia in 1893 and served until 1896, when he resigned. He served as captain of Company G, Fourth Regiment, Virginia State Militia. He was appointed supervisor of the Twelfth Census for the Fourth Congressional District of Virginia in 1899. Lassiter was elected as a
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to the Fifty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Sydney P. Epes. He was reelected to the Fifty-seventh Congress and served from April 19, 1900, to March 3, 1903. Lassiter was elected to the Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses and served from March 4, 1907, until his death in Petersburg, Virginia, October 31, 1909. He is interred in
Blandford Cemetery Blandford Cemetery is a historic cemetery located in Petersburg, Virginia. The oldest stone, marking the grave of Richard Yarbrough, reads 1702. It is located adjacent to the People's Memorial Cemetery, a historic African-American cemetery. Alt ...
. His family papers are held by the Special Collections Research Center at the
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.


Electoral history

*1900; Lassiter was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives with 98.65% of the vote in a special election, defeating Independent James Seldon Cowdon; he was re-elected with 60.06% of the vote in the general election, defeating Republican C.E. Wilson. *1906; Lassiter was re-elected unopposed. *1908; Lassiter was re-elected unopposed.


See also

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List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49) There are several lists of United States Congress members who died in office. These include: * List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899) *List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–1949) *List o ...


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External links


Finding aid for the Lassiter PapersFrancis Rives Lassiter, late a representative from Virginia, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1910
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lassiter, Francis Rives 1866 births 1909 deaths American militia officers Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia Politicians from Petersburg, Virginia United States Attorneys for the Eastern District of Virginia 19th-century American politicians Burials at Blandford Cemetery