John W. Eggleston

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John W. Eggleston
20th Chief Justice of Virginia
In office
July 29, 1958 – October 1, 1969
Preceded byEdward W. Hudgins
Succeeded byHarold F. Snead
Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia
In office
February 26, 1935 – October 1, 1969
Preceded byLouis S. Epes
Succeeded byAlexander M. Harman, Jr.
Member of the Virginia Senate
from the 2nd district
In office
January 13, 1932 – February 26, 1935
Preceded byJames S. Barron
Succeeded byVivian L. Page
Personal details
Born
John William Eggleston

(1886-06-18)June 18, 1886
Charlotte Court House, Virginia, U.S.
DiedMay 18, 1976(1976-05-18) (aged 89)
Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.
SpouseElla Watkins Carrington
Alma materHampden-Sydney College
Washington and Lee University

John William Eggleston (June 18, 1886 – May 18, 1976) was a Virginia lawyer, politician and jurist whose tenure by the time of his death was the longest in the century.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ E. Griffith Dodson, The General Assembly of Virginia, 1919–1939 (Richmond: State Publication, 1939) pp. 244–245
  2. ^ National Cyclopedia of American Biography, 59 (1980): 215.
  3. ^ Washington Post May 19, 1976 p. B6