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I osition until 1882, when Gov. Cameron ap- IK.intcd him to the bench of the supreme ci.urt of appeals, to succeed Judge Moncure, 1; tc presiding judjfc who died August 28, ifVj. lie was elected by the next legisla- ture (which was Republican) for the term uf twelve years, and was immediately chos- en by the court as its president: and in this capacity served with eminent ability until the end of his term. On January i, 1895, Judge Lewis returned to his profession, and changed his residence to Richmond. He did not long remain in privacy, for Presi- dent Roosevelt restored him to the office which he had held under President Grant, that of United States district attorney. He remained in that position until 1905, when he received the Republican nomination for governor, but his Democratic opponent was elected. He was then re-appointed district attorney by President Roosevelt. He was married (first) to Rosalie Botts, daughter of Hon. John Minor Botts, and (second) to Janic Looney. daughter of Col. Robert r. Looney. of Memphis. Tennessee. He re- sides in the city of Richmond.
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Richardson, Robert A., born in Smyth count). Virginia; was elected to the bench (f the supreme court of appeals in 1882, and served till 1895. He was very popular with the bar.

Lacy, Benjamin Watkins, i)orn at "Ells- worth." New Kent county, \'irginia, Janu- ary 27. 1839. son of Hon. Richmond T. Lacy; hi.s mother was a daughter of Col. John Lane, of "X'audusc." .\melia county, \"irgin-n He was taught by his mother unt '. advanced in Latin and

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Powers, of Staunton ; and Brown and Tebbs of Albemarle ; and his education was com- ^ pleted at the University of Virginia, after which his father was his law preceptor. The war intervened, however, and he joined the New Kent troop of horse, April 17, 1861, as a private. He was three times disabled by wounds, but, in spite of his con- dition, participated with his company in all the battles of Gen. Lee's army. He rose co the rank of first lieutenant, and during the latter part of the war commanded a squad- ron of two companies, with which he sur- lendered at Appomattox Court House. After the war, he reviewed his law studies, a.id engaged in practice in partnership with his father — an association which was ne- cessarily terminated when the son came to the bench of the county court in 1870. After three years service, he resigned, and in 1873 was elected to the house of dele- gates, to which body he was returned for three following terms ; he was on the com- mittee on courts of justice every term until the last, when he was made speaker. While serving in the latter position, he was elected ill 1880 to the circuit court bench, from which he resigned in 1883 to take his seat as a member of the supreme court of ap- peals, and served till 1895, when his term expired.

Fauntleroy, Thomas T., born in Winches- ter. Virginia, Uecember 20, 1823, son of Gen. Thomas T. Fauntleroy, a Virginian, who in 1861 resigned his commission as colonel of the Eleventh United States Dra- goons, and who was then the ranking offi- cer in the United States army, of all who took sides with the south. He was educated at the celebrated high school of Benjamin