John Munford Gregory (July 8, 1804April 9, 1884) was a US
political figure
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and
Acting Governor
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of
Virginia
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from 1842 to 1843.
Biography
Gregory was born in Virginia on July 8, 1804, and was a member of the Virginia state House of Delegates from 1831 to 1840. He served as acting
Governor of Virginia
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Oath of office
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from 1842 to 1843 and then as a state court judge in Virginia Gregory died on April 9, 1884, and was buried at
Shockoe Hill Cemetery
The Shockoe Hill Cemetery is a historic cemetery located on Shockoe Hill in Richmond, Virginia.
History
Shockoe Hill Cemetery, as it is presently called, was established in 1820, with the initial burial made in 1822. It was earlier known as the ...
in Richmond, Virginia. One of the enslaved people that Gregory hired,
John Dunjee, escaped and became a prominent Baptist preacher.
His home at Richmond after 1849, the
Benjamin Watkins Leigh House, was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1969.
References
External links
A Guide to the Executive Papers of Governor John M. Gregory, 1842–1843a
The Library of Virginia
Governors of Virginia
Members of the Virginia House of Delegates
1804 births
1884 deaths
College of William & Mary alumni
United States Attorneys for the Eastern District of Virginia
Virginia state court judges
Virginia Whigs
Whig Party state governors of the United States
People from Charles City County, Virginia
19th-century American politicians
19th-century American lawyers
19th-century American judges
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