George William Booker (December 5, 1821 – June 4, 1883) was a nineteenth-century politician, lawyer, teacher, judge and justice of the peace from

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Biography

Born near

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, Booker attended common schools as a child, taught school, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1846, commencing practice in

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. He was elected a

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Henry County, Virginia Henry County is a county located in the U.S. state of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 50,948. The county seat is usually identified as Martinsville; however, the administration building (where county offices are located an ...

, and was a member and presiding judge of the county court from 1856 to 1868. Booker was a member of the

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from 1866 to 1867 and was elected

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in 1868, serving until 1869.Although th
Congressional Biography
lists Booker as having been elected Attorney General of Virginia, he is not recorded as having served by th
Hornbook of Virginia History
or th
Virginia Elections and State Elected Officials Database Project
He was elected a

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to the

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in 1869, serving from 1870 to 1871 and afterwards resumed practicing law in

Martinsville, Virginia Martinsville is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,485. A community of both Southside and Southwest Virginia, it is the county seat of Henry County, although ...

. Booker died in Martinsville on June 4, 1883, and was interred there in the family cemetery.

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1821 births 1883 deaths Republican Party members of the Virginia House of Delegates Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia Virginia lawyers Virginia state court judges Virginia Attorneys General Conservative Party of Virginia politicians Conservative Party of Virginia members of the United States House of Representatives 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American lawyers 19th-century American judges People from Stuart, Virginia People from Henry County, Virginia Burials in Virginia People from Martinsville, Virginia {{Virginia-Representative-stub