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George William Booker (December 5, 1821 – June 4, 1883) was a nineteenth-century politician, lawyer, teacher, judge and justice of the peace from Virginia.[1]

Biography

Born near Stuart, Virginia, Booker attended common schools as a child, taught school, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1846, commencing practice in Patrick County, Virginia. He was elected a justice of the peace in Henry County, Virginia, and was a member and presiding judge of the county court from 1856 to 1868. Booker was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1866 to 1867 and was elected Attorney General of Virginia in 1868, serving until 1869.[2] He was elected a Conservative to the United States House of Representatives in 1869, serving from 1870 to 1871 and afterwards resumed practicing law in Martinsville, Virginia. Booker died in Martinsville on June 4, 1883, and was interred there in the family cemetery.

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  2. Although the Congressional Biography lists Booker as having been elected Attorney General of Virginia, he is not recorded as having served by the Hornbook of Virginia History or the Virginia Elections and State Elected Officials Database Project.