Governor Gilbert Carlton Walker Education University of Virginia Spouse(s) Mildred Browne Died 1902 | Succeeded by Robert E. Withers Role Politician Preceded by John F. Lewis Name John Marye, | |
Full Name John Lawrence Marye, Jr. Born November 4, 1823
Fredericksburg, Virginia, U.S. ( 1823-11-04 ) Political party Conservative Party of Virginia | ||
Alma mater University of Virginia | ||
John Lawrence Marye, Jr. (November 4, 1823 – August 1902), was a Conservative Party politician who served as the tenth Lieutenant Governor of Virginia from 1870 until 1874.
Marye, from Spotsylvania County, Virginia, was a delegate to the Virginia Secession Convention in 1861. A conditional Unionist, he at first voted against secession, then at the militia call up by Abraham Lincoln to restore Federal property in the South, Marye voted for secession.
During the American Civil War, Marye served in the House of Delegates from Spotsyvania in the January session of 1863, then for the sessions 1863/64 and 1864/65.
In 1867, Marye was elected to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1868. He was one of three delegates elected from the central Piedmont constitutional convention district made up of his home district of Spotsyvania County as well as Caroline and King George Counties.
He was one of the Committee of Nine negotiating for the enfranchisement of former Confederates during Virginia's Reconstruction.
He later held office as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia from January 1, 1870 until January 1, 1874.
Marye was an elected elder of the Presbyterian Church of Fredericksburg in 1854. Following the Civil War, he was a member of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in 1866, 1874, 1875 and 1877. In 1880, Marye was a delegate to the Presbyterian Alliance in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.