Richard Thomas Walker Duke

This article is about the Virginia congressman and lawyer. For the English poet, see Richard Duke.
Richard T.W. Duke
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Albemarle County
In office
1880 1881
Alongside T.L. Michie
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 5th district
In office
November 8, 1870  March 3, 1873
Preceded by Robert Ridgway
Succeeded by Alexander Davis
Personal details
Born June 6, 1822
Charlottesville, Virginia
Died July 2, 1898(1898-07-02) (aged 76)
"Sunny Side," Charlottesville, Virginia
Resting place Maplewood Cemetery, Charlotteville, Virginia
Political party Conservative
Other political
affiliations
Funder (in 1880s)
Profession lawyer
Military service
Allegiance Confederate States of America
Service/branch Confederate Army
Rank Colonel
Unit 46th Virginia Infantry Regiment
Battles/wars American Civil War

Richard Thomas Walker Duke, Sr. (June 6, 1822 July 2, 1898) was a nineteenth-century congressman and lawyer from Virginia.

Biography

Born near Charlottesville, Virginia, Duke attended private schools as a child and graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1844 and from the law department of the University of Virginia in 1850. He was elected the commonwealth attorney for Albemarle County, Virginia in 1858 which he served as until 1869. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Duke enlisted in the Confederate Army becoming colonel of the 46th Regiment, Virginia Infantry. He was elected a Conservative to the United States House of Representatives to fill a vacancy in 1870, defeating Alexander Rives, and serving until 1873. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates in 1879 and 1880. Duke died at his estate called "Sunny Side" near Charlottesville, Virginia on July 2, 1898 and was interred in Maplewood Cemetery in Charlottesville.

Electoral history

1870 - Duke was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives unopposed in a special election and was concurrently elected in the general election unopposed.

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Robert Ridgway
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 5th congressional district

1870–1873
Succeeded by
Alexander Davis


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