Edward Echols

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Edward Echols
Portrait of Lt Governor Edward Echols
18th Lieutenant Governor of Virginia
In office 1898 – 1902
Preceded by	Robert Craig Kent
Succeeded by	Joseph Edward Willard
Born	October 24, 1854 Union, West Virginia (then in Virginia)
Died	1915 Staunton, Virginia
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Margaret Young Echols
Alma mater	Washington College
Profession	Attorney

Edward Echols (1854 - 1915) was a U.S. political figure from the Commonwealth of Virginia. Echols held office as the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia from 1898-1902. He also served for six years in the Virginia House of Delegates and for a total of twelve years in the Senate of Virginia. His father, John Echols, was a general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.

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• Men of Mark in Virginia: Ideals of American Life; Edited by Lyon G. Tyler; published 1906

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