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George Coke 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 by George B. Cary
Succeeded by Richard K. Meade
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 4th district
In office
March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1841
Preceded by James Gholson
Succeeded by William O. Goode
Member of the Virginia Senate from Brunswick, Dinwiddie and Greensville Counties
In office
1832–1834
Preceded by Himself
Succeeded by Richard K. Meade
In office
1830
Preceded by District established
Succeeded by Himself
Member of the Virginia Senate from Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Lunenburg and Mecklenberg Counties
In office
1826–1829
Preceded by Burwell Goodwyn
Succeeded by District abolished
Speaker of the Virginia Senate
In office
1832–1834
Preceded by William Holt
Succeeded by Stafford 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
Died April 27, 1847(1847-04-27) (aged 49)
Brunswick County, Virginia
Political party Democratic (after 1837)
Other political
affiliations
Jacksonian (before 1837)
Occupation lawyer

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.

Born in Lawrenceville, Virginia, Dromgoole completed preparatory studies, studied law and was admitted to the bar. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1823 to 1826, a member of the Virginia Senate from 1826 to 1835 and was a delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention in 1829. Dromgoole was elected a Jacksonian and Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in 1834, serving from 1835 to 1841, declining reelection in 1840. He was later elected back in 1842, serving again from 1843 until his death on April 27, 1847 at his estate in Brunswick County, Virginia. He was interred in the family cemetery south of the Meherrin River. Dromgoole also has a cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C.


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