Lunenburg County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census,the population was 11,936. Its county seat is Lunenburg.
James Hubert Price was an American politician who was elected 53rd Governor of Virginia in 1937,during the Great Depression and became known as the Commonwealth's "New Deal Governor." Over the opposition of the Byrd Organization,Price,a Virginia attorney and businessman,passed many social programs and implemented other federal programs to benefit Virginians. Price had previously represented Richmond as one of its delegates in the Virginia House of Delegates for over a decade (1916–1930),as well as served as Lieutenant Governor for two terms beginning in 1930.
Benjamin Watkins Lacy was an American politician and Virginia lawyer,Confederate officer and jurist.
George Washington Hopkins was a nineteenth-century United States politician,diplomat,lawyer,judge and teacher.
Joel Holleman was an American politician and lawyer from Virginia. A Democrat,he served in the United States House of Representatives and as Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates.
Albert Lee Philpott was an American politician of the Democratic Party. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates for 33 years starting in 1958,and was its Speaker from 1980 until his death.
Edgar Blackburn "Blackie" Moore was an American politician. A Democrat,he served in the Virginia House of Delegates 1933–1967 and was its Speaker 1950–1967,making him the second longest serving Speaker after Linn Banks.
George Alvin Massenburg was an American politician. A Democrat,he served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1926 to 1950 and served as its Speaker from 1947 to 1950.
Grover Ashton Dovell was an American politician and lawyer. A Democrat,he served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1924 to 1942 and served as its Speaker from 1936 to 1942.
John Tyler Sr. was an American lawyer,planter,politician and judge who served in the Virginia House of Delegates and became 15th Governor of Virginia and later United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Virginia. He was the father of U.S. President John Tyler.
Thomas Mathews was an American Revolutionary War general and Virginia lawyer and politician. For almost two decades,Mathews represented variously Norfolk Borough and Norfolk County in the Virginia House of Delegates,and served as that body's Speaker from 1782 until 1793. He also represented Norfolk at the Virginia Ratifying Convention of 1788.
William Duval Cardwell was a Virginia politician. He represented Hanover County in the Virginia House of Delegates,and served as that body's Speaker from 1906 until 1908.
Richard Evelyn Byrd Sr. was a Virginia lawyer,politician and newspaperman.
Edwin Piper Cox was a Virginia politician. He represented Richmond in the Virginia House of Delegates,and served as the body's Speaker from 1914 until 1916.
Harry Rutherford Houston was a Virginia politician. He represented Elizabeth City County in the Virginia House of Delegates,and served as that body's Speaker from 1916 until 1920.
Richard Lewis Brewer Jr. was a Virginia politician. He represented Nansemond County in the Virginia House of Delegates,and served as that body's Speaker from 1920 until 1926.
John Sinclair Brown was a Virginia politician. He represented Roanoke County in the Virginia House of Delegates,and served as that body's Speaker from 1930 until 1936.
Edward Griffith Dodson was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who was Clerk of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1934 to 1962,and author of much-used biographical compilations of Virginia public officials.
Joseph Collier Hutcheson was a Virginia lawyer and member of the Virginia General Assembly representing Brunswick,Lunenburg and Mecklenburg Counties as a state Senator from 1958 until months before his death in 1972. A member of the Byrd Organization,Hutcheson opposed racial integration and was active in the Massive Resistance vowed by U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd after the U.S. Supreme Court decisions in Brown v. Board of Education.
