John W. Eggleston
| John W. Eggleston | |
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| 20th Chief Justice of Virginia | |
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In office July 29, 1958 – October 1, 1969 |
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| Preceded by | Edward W. Hudgins |
| Succeeded by | Harold F. Snead |
| Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia | |
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In office February 26, 1935 – October 1, 1969 |
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| Preceded by | Louis S. Epes |
| Succeeded by | Alexander M. Harman, Jr. |
| Member of the Virginia Senate from the 2nd district |
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In office January 13, 1932 – February 26, 1935 |
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| Preceded by | James S. Barron |
| Succeeded by | Vivian L. Page |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
John William Eggleston June 18, 1886 Charlotte Court House, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | May 18, 1976 (aged 89) Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Ella Watkins Carrington |
| Alma mater |
Hampden-Sydney College Washington and Lee University |
John William Eggleston (June 18, 1886 – May 18, 1976) (nicknamed "Jack") was a Virginia lawyer, politician and jurist whose tenure by the time of his death was the longest in the century.
Born at Charlotte Court House, Virginia, to Beverley Purnell Eggleston and his wife Sue Daniel, Eggleston attended Hampden-Sydney College from 1902 to 1904, then Washington and Lee University, from which he received a B.A. degree in 1906, an M.A. in 1907, and LL.B. degree in 1910. He was a member of Omicron Delta Kappa, Order of the Coif, Phi Beta Kappa, and Phi Delta Phi. His elder brother David Quinn Eggleston (1893–1978) remained in Charlotte County and later represented it in the Virginia General Assembly. In 1949, Washington and Lee awarded Justice John Eggleston an honorary LL. D. degree.
He married Ella Watkins Carrington (1889–1983), daughter of John Cullen Carrington, and had daughters Mary Elfreth Moore and Eleanor Carrington Eggleston.
Eggleston was admitted to the Virginia bar and began practicing law with his partner Baker at Norfolk, Virginia in 1910. By 1920 his younger brother Beverly P. Eggleston, who was a foreman at the Norfolk Navy Yard, also lived with the family.
John Eggleston was elected to the Virginia State Senate (a part-time position) to represent Norfolk, in 1931, and served from 1932 until 1935. He was a member of the commission that revised the state's alcohol control laws.
Governor George C. Peery nominated Eggleston to the Supreme Court of Appeals, and fellow legislators elected him to that position in 1935. In 1958, Eggleston became chief justice and served in that position until he retired on September 30, 1969, and was replaced as justice by former state senator George M. Cochran of Staunton, Virginia and as Chief Justice by Harold Fleming Snead, who ironically had been one of only two dissenters from one of Eggleston's most important opinions as discussed below.
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