Wyndham Robertson
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Wyndham Robertson was the Acting Governor of the U.S. state of Virginia from 1836 to 1837. He also twice served multiple terms in the Virginia House of Delegates, the second series representing Richmo
Portrait of Wyndham Robertson ca. 1880 by L.M.D. Guillaume
Littleton Waller Tazewell
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Littleton Waller Tazewell was a Virginia lawyer, plantation owner, and politician who served as a U.S. representative, U.S. senator and the 26th governor of Virginia, as well as a member of the Virgin
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…to the Mississippi River. On March 31, 1836, Robertson became the Council of State's senior member, Lieutenant-Governor of Virginia. When Governor Littleton Waller Tazewell resigned that same day, Robertson became (acting) governor. Since the Virginia General Assembly, which elected the Governor, was Democratic, and he…
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Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Littleton Waller Tazewell, 1825. Library of Congress
Portrait of Tazewell by George Peter Alexander Healy