Richard T. W. Duke
(June 6, 1822 — July 2, 1898) Richard Thomas Walker Duke was an American politician and lawyer. Duke was born in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1822. He graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1844, after which he graduated from the law department of the University of Virginia. Duke was elected as the Commonwealth attorney for the county of Albemarle in 1858, and served in that office until 1869. He was elected as a Conservative to the United States House of Representatives to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Robert Ridgeway. He served in the House from November 8, 1870 to March 3, 1873. After serving in Congress, Duke returned to Virginia and served in the State House of Delegates from 1879 to 1880.
[Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/D000521]
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Virginia Delegation - The Civil Rights Act of 1875
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