| 词条 | Shelton Leake |
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|image= |state = Virginia |district = 6th |term = March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 |predecessor = Paulus Powell |successor = William Milnes, Jr. (1870) |office2 = 1st Lieutenant Governor of Virginia |governor2 = Joseph Johnson |term2 = January 16, 1852 – January 1, 1856 |predecessor2 = Position established |successor2 = Elisha W. McComas |state3 = Virginia |district3 = 5th |term_start3 = March 4, 1845 |term_end3 = March 4, 1847 |predecessor3 = William L. Goggin |successor3 = William L. Goggin |office4 = Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Albemarle County |term4 = 1842 Alongside: Thomas Jefferson Randolph |birth_name=Shelton Farrar Leake |birth_date = November 30, 1812 |birth_place = Albemarle County, Virginia |death_date = {{death date and age|1884|3|4|1812|11|30}} |death_place = Charlottesville, Virginia |restingplace = Maplewood Cemetery, Charlottesville, Virginia |party = Democratic (before 1858) |otherparty = Independent Democrat (after 1858) |spouse = |children = |residence = |alma_mater = |profession = lawyer }} Shelton Farrar Leake (November 30, 1812 – March 4, 1884) was a nineteenth-century politician, lawyer and teacher from Virginia. BiographyBorn near Hillsboro, Albemarle County, Virginia Leake completed preparatory studies, taught school, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1835, commencing practice in Charlottesville, Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates in 1842 and 1843 and was elected a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in 1844, serving from 1845 to 1847. Afterward, Leake resumed practicing law and in 1851 was elected the first Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, serving from 1852 to 1856. He was elected back to the House of Representatives as an Independent Democrat in 1858, serving again from 1859 to 1861. Leake again resumed practicing law until his death in Charlottesville, Virginia on March 4, 1884. He was interred in Charlottesville in Maplewood Cemetery. Electoral history
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