George Dromgoole

George Coke Dromgoole (May 15, 1797 – April 27, 1847) was a nineteenth-century politician and lawyer from Virginia. He was the uncle of Alexander Dromgoole Sims and the son of Irish-born pioneer Methodist circuit rider Edward Dromgoole.

George Coke Dromgoole
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 2nd district
In office
March 4, 1843 – April 27, 1847
Preceded byGeorge B. Cary
Succeeded byRichard K. Meade
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 4th district
In office
March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1841
Preceded byJames Gholson
Succeeded byWilliam O. Goode
Member of the Virginia Senate from Brunswick, Dinwiddie and Greensville Counties
In office
1832–1834
Preceded byHimself
Succeeded byRichard K. Meade
In office
1830
Preceded byDistrict established
Succeeded byHimself
Member of the Virginia Senate from Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg and Mecklenburg Counties
In office
1826–1829
Preceded byBurwell Goodwyn
Succeeded byDistrict abolished
Speaker of the Virginia Senate
In office
1832–1834
Preceded byWilliam Holt
Succeeded byStafford Parker
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Brunswick County
In office
1823–1825
Alongside Jesse Read, James Gholson
Personal details
Born(1797-05-15)May 15, 1797
Lawrenceville, Virginia
DiedApril 27, 1847(1847-04-27) (aged 49)
Brunswick County, Virginia
Resting placeFamily cemetery south of the Meherrin River
Political partyDemocratic (after 1837)
Other political
affiliations		Jacksonian (before 1837)
Occupationlawyer
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