John Lawrence Marye Jr. (November 4, 1823 – August 1902), was a Virginia lawyer, plantation owner, Confederate soldier and politician. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates during the American Civil War, and upon the legislature's election of Lt. Gov. John F. Lewis as one of Virginia's U.S. Senators following the Commonwealth's readmission to the Union, was elected the tenth Lieutenant Governor of Virginia (1870-1874) and as such presided over the Virginia Senate. Marye also represented Spotsylvania County in both the Virginia Secession Convention and the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1868, when he was a leading opponent of Congressional Reconstruction.
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4 November 1823 Fredericksburg, Virginia, U.S.
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August 1902 (aged 78) Fredericksburg, Virginia, U.S.
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Zodiac | Scorpio |
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