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Shelton Leake

Shelton Farrar Leake
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 6th district
In office
March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861
Preceded by Paulus Powell
Succeeded by William Milnes, Jr. (1870)
1st Lieutenant Governor of Virginia
In office
January 16, 1852 – January 1, 1856
Governor Joseph Johnson
Preceded by Position established
Succeeded by Elisha W. McComas
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 5th district
In office
March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1847
Preceded by William L. Goggin
Succeeded by William L. Goggin
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Albemarle County
In office
1842
Alongside: Thomas Jefferson Randolph
Personal details
Born November 30, 1812
Albemarle County, Virginia
Died March 4, 1884(1884-03-04) (aged 71)
Charlottesville, Virginia
Resting place Maplewood Cemetery, Charlottesville, Virginia
Political party Democratic (before 1858)
Other political
affiliations
Independent Democrat (after 1858)
Profession lawyer

Shelton Farrar Leake (November 30, 1812 – March 4, 1884) was a nineteenth-century politician, lawyer and teacher from Virginia.

Born near Hillsboro, Virginia, Leake completed preparatory studies, taught school, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1835, commencing practice in Charlottesville, Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates in 1842 and 1843 and was elected a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in 1844, serving from 1845 to 1847. Afterward, Leake resumed practicing law and in 1851 was elected the first Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, serving from 1852 to 1856. He was elected back to the House of Representatives as an Independent Democrat in 1858, serving again from 1859 to 1861. Leake again resumed practicing law until his death in Charlottesville, Virginia on March 4, 1884. He was interred in Charlottesville in Maplewood Cemetery.



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