Elisha Wesley McComas (January 21, 1823 – March 11, 1890) was a Virginia lawyer and politician who served as the second Lieutenant Governor of Virginia...
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Giles County, Virginia in 1795 to Elisha McComas (1770 - 1849) and his wife Ann French McComas (1776 - 1850), McComas was descended from long-established...
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Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-1439-0. Dubin, Michael J. (2014). United States Gubernatorial...
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Notes Source 1 Shelton Leake Democratic 1852–1856 Joseph Johnson 2 Elisha W. McComas Democratic 1856–1857 Henry A. Wise 3 William Lowther Jackson Democratic...
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James Strang, Mormon splinter group leader (born 1813) September 7 – Almon W. Babbitt, Mormon pioneer and first secretary/treasurer of Utah Territory (born...
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Constitution in 1851 after a convention the previous year, then Benjamin W. Jackson represented Doddridge and Tyler Counties, John Jay Jackson Jr. represented...
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1W 1854 D majority D majority 1855 12D, 1U 1856 Henry A. Wise (D) Elisha W. McComas (D) 96D, 56W James Buchanan/ John C. Breckinridge (D) Y 1857 William...
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History of the United States. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. p. 292. ISBN 978-0-393-63524-9. Simpson, p. 57. McClure, J. M. Henry A. Wise (1806–1876)...
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– Julia Evelyn Ditto Young, poet and novelist (died 1915) February 16 – Elisha Kane, Arctic explorer (born 1820) May 1 – Stephen Adams, U.S. Senator from...
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Governor Joseph Johnson Preceded by Position established Succeeded by Elisha W. McComas Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 5th district...
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