John Critcher

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(March 11, 1820 — September 27, 1901) John Critcher was a politician, lawyer, and judge. Critcher was born in Oak Grove, Virginia in 1820. He graduated from the University of Virginia in 1839, and spent the next three years furthering his studies in France. He was admitted to the bar in 1842 and practiced law in Westmoreland County, Virginia. Critcher served as a member of the State Senate in 1861 and 1874 to 1877. He also served in the State secession convention in 1861. During the Civil War, he served in the Confederate Army and later served as judge of the eighth judicial circuit of Virginia. Critcher was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1873. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/C000911]

Member of Virginia Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875.

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