George Dromgoole
George Coke Dromgoole | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 2nd district | |
| In office March 4, 1843 – April 27, 1847 | |
| Preceded by | George B. Cary |
| Succeeded by | Richard K. Meade |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 4th district | |
| In office March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1841 | |
| Preceded by | James Gholson |
| Succeeded by | William O. Goode |
| Member of the Virginia Senate from Brunswick, Dinwiddie and Greensville Counties | |
| In office 1832–1834 | |
| Preceded by | Himself |
| Succeeded by | Richard K. Meade |
| In office 1830 | |
| Preceded by | District established |
| Succeeded by | Himself |
| Member of the Virginia Senate from Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg and Mecklenburg Counties | |
| In office 1826–1829 | |
| Preceded by | Burwell Goodwyn |
| Succeeded by | District abolished |
| Speaker of the Virginia Senate | |
| In office 1832–1834 | |
| Preceded by | William Holt |
| Succeeded by | Stafford Parker |
| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Brunswick County | |
| In office 1823–1825 Alongside Jesse Read, James Gholson | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 15, 1797 |
| Died | April 27, 1847 (aged 49) |
| Resting place | Family cemetery south of the Meherrin River |
| Party | Democratic (after 1837) |
| Other political affiliations | Jacksonian (before 1837) |
| Occupation | lawyer |
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General George Coke Dromgoole (May 15, 1797 – April 27, 1847)(nicknamed the "Brunswick Lion") was a nineteenth-century Virginia lawyer, military officer, planter and politician who served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly representing his native Brunswick County as well as the U.S. House of Representatives representing first Virginia's 4th congressional district, then Virginia's 2nd congressional district. The youngest son of Irish-born pioneer Methodist circuit rider and patriot Edward Dromgoole was also the uncle of Congressman Alexander Dromgoole Sims of South Carolina.