John Woolfolk

John Woolfolk
Born1797 (1797)
Orange County, Virginia, U.S.
Died1859 (aged 61–62)
Orange County, Virginia, U.S.
Alma materCollege of William and Mary
OccupationLawyer
TitleDelegate, state Senator

John Woolfolk (1797 – January 22, 1859) was a nineteenth-century American politician from Virginia.

Early life

Woolfolk was born on "Pear Grove" plantation in Orange County, Virginia in 1797. He graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1819, and later from the B. L. Laughton Law School.[1]

Career

The Virginia Capitol at Richmond VA
where 19th century Conventions met

As an adult, Woolfolk made his home in Orange County practicing law.[2]

Woolfolk served in the Virginia House of Delegates for several years, then the state Senate for two terms.[3]

In 1850, Woolfolk was elected to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850. He was one of three delegates elected from the central Piedmont delegate district made up of his home district of Orange County, as well as Culpeper, Greene and Madison Counties.[4]

Death

John Woolfolk died in Orange County, Virginia on January 22, 1859.[5]

References

  1. ^ Pulliam 1901, p. 115
  2. ^ Pulliam 1901, p. 115
  3. ^ Pulliam 1901, p. 115
  4. ^ Pulliam 1901, p. 99
  5. ^ Pulliam 1901, p. 115

Bibliography

  • Pulliam, David Loyd (1901). The Constitutional Conventions of Virginia from the foundation of the Commonwealth to the present time. John T. West, Richmond. ISBN 978-1-2879-2059-5.