Eustace Conway (politician)

Eustace Conway
Eustace Conway
Born	1820; Stafford County, Virginia, U.S.
Died	1857 (aged 36–37); Spotsylvania County, Virginia, U.S.
Occupation	lawyer, politician, judge
Title	Delegate

Eustace Conway (September 19, 1820 – May 20, 1857) was an American nineteenth-century American politician and judge from Virginia.

Early life

Conway was born in Stafford County, Virginia in 1820.[1]

Education

Conway studied law with Judge Richard C. L. Moncure.[1]

Career

Conway practiced law in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.[1]

Conway served as a member of the Virginia General Assembly, from 1847 to 1850, and during that time he was appointed to the Board of Visitors of the College of William and Mary in 1849.[1]

In 1850, Conway was elected to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850. He was one of five delegates elected from the central Piedmont delegate district made up of his home district of Spotsylvania County, as well as Caroline, King William, and Hanover Counties.[1]

On February 28, 1850, Conway was elected as judge of the 8th Virginia Circuit, filling the vacancy caused by the resignation of Judge John Tayloe Lomax.[1]

During the term of Henry A. Wise, Conway was appointed by the Governor to prepare the Digest of the Criminal Law of Virginia.[1]

Personal life

Eustace Conway died on May 20, 1857 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.[1]

References

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. (p. 99, 104)

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[pulliam-1] 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. (p. 99, 104)