List of presidents of the Virginia Bar Association
The past presidents of The Virginia Bar Association include: 1888-89 William J. Robertson, Charlottesville* 1889-90 R.G.H. Kean, Lynchburg* 1890-91 E.C. Burks, Bedford City* 1891-92 John Randolph Tucker, Lexington* 1892-93 R.T. Barton, Winchester* 1893-94 Waller R. Staples, Christiansburg* 1894-95 Charles M. Blackford, Lynchburg* 1895-96 Robert M. Hughes, Norfolk* 1896-97 William Wirt Henry, Richmond* 1897-98 William B. Pettit, Palmyra* 1898-99 John Goode, Bedford City* 1899-1900 William J. Leake, Richmond* 1900 William A. Anderson, Lexington* 1900-01 Lunsford L. Lewis, Richmond* 1901-02 Thomas C. Elder, Staunton* 1902-03 Samuel C. Graham, Tazewell* 1903-04 Alexander Hamilton, Petersburg* 1904-05 Alfred P. Thom, Norfolk* 1905-06 Archer A. Phlegar, Bristol* 1906-07 Allen Caperton Braxton, Staunton* 1907-08 Wyndham R. Meredith, Richmond* 1908-09 Micajah Woods, Charlottesville* 1909-10 R. Walton Moore, Fredericksburg* 1910-11 George L. Christian, Richmond* 1911-12 Joshua F. Bullitt, Big Stone Gap* 1912-13 William Minor Lile, Charlottesville* 1913-14 Samuel Griffin, Bedford City* 1914-15 Legh R. Watts, Portsmouth* 1915-16 Eppa Hunton, Jr., Richmond* 1916 John B. Jenkins, Norfolk* 1916-18 Harvey T. Hall, Roanoke* 1918-19 Lucien H. Cocke, Roanoke* 1919-20 Randolph Harrison, Lynchburg* 1920-21 Armistead C. Gordon, Staunton* 1921-22 A.W. Wallace, Fredericksburg* 1922-23 Edward P. Buford, Lawrenceville* 1923-24 George Bryan, Richmond* 1924-25 Robert B. Tunstall, Richmond* 1925-26 John Randolph Tucker, Richmond* 1926-27 R. Gray Williams, Winchester* 1927-28 James H. Corbitt, Suffolk* 1928-29 Whitwell W. Coxe, Roanoke* 1929-30 J. Gordon Bohannon, Petersburg* 1930-31 Robert L. Pennington, Bristol* 1931-32 Virginius Randolph Shackelford, Orange* 1932-33 James W. Gordon, Richmond* 1933-34 S.V. Kemp, Lynchburg* 1934-35 C. O'Conor Goolrick, Fredericksburg* 1935-36 Stuart Bland Campbell, Wytheville* 1936-37 James Green Martin, Norfolk* 1937-38 Frank W. Rogers, Roanoke* 1938-39 Lewis Catlett Williams, Richmond* 1939-40 Robert O. Norris Jr., Lively* 1940-41 Kennon C. Whittle, Martinsville* 1941-42 William A. Stuart, Abingdon* 1942-43 George E. Haw, Richmond * 1943-44 Christopher B. Garnett, Arlington* 1944-46 Howard C. Gilmer Jr., Pulaski* 1946-47 Thomas B. Gay, Richmond* 1947-48 John L. Walker, Roanoke* 1948-49 David Nelson Sutton, West Point* 1949-50 James S. Easley, Halifax* 1950-51 W.R. Broaddus, Jr., Martinsville* 1951-52 Alex W. Parker, Richmond* 1952-53 Fred B. Greear, Norton* 1953-54 T. Justin Moore, Richmond* 1954-55 Michael B. Wagenheim, Norfolk* 1955-56 F.D.G. Ribble, Charlottesville* 1956-57 Edwin B. Meade, Danville* 1957-58 J. Sloan Kuykendall, Winchester* 1958-59 David J. Mays, Richmond* 1959-60 William P. Dickson Jr., Norfolk* 1960-61 Robert J. McCandlish Jr., Fairfax* 1961-62 William T. Muse, Richmond* 1962-63 Waldo G. Miles, Bristol* 1963-64 Thomas C. Gordon Jr., Richmond* 1964-65 Virginius R. Shackelford Jr., Orange* 1965-66 George M. Cochran, Staunton 1966-67 A.C. Epps, Richmond* 1967-68 William A. Moncure, Alexandria* 1968-69 George R. C. Stuart, Abingdon 1969-70 Toy D. Savage Jr., Norfolk 1970-71 E. Waller Dudley, Alexandria* 1971-72 John S. Davenport, III, Richmond* 1972-73 Vernon M. Geddy Jr., Williamsburg* 1973-75 W. Gibson Harris, Richmond* 1975 Thomas V. Monahan, Winchester* 1976 William B. Spong, Jr., Portsmouth* 1977 A. Hugo Blankingship Jr., Fairfax 1978 Edward R. Slaughter Jr., Charlottesville 1979 Jesse B. Wilson III, Fairfax 1980 Lorenzo Lee Bean, Jr., Arlington* 1981 Hugh L. Patterson, Norfolk 1982 John F. Kay Jr., Richmond 1983 John L. Walker, Jr., Roanoke* 1984 George G. Grattan IV, Earlysville 1985 Evans B. Brasfield, Richmond 1986 Edmund L. Walton Jr., McLean 1987 R. Gordon Smith, Richmond 1988 John M. Ryan, Norfolk 1989 Thomas T. Lawson, Roanoke 1990 F. Claiborne Johnston Jr., Richmond 1991 Allen C. Goolsby, Richmond 1992 Thomas C. Brown Jr., McLean 1993 Whittington W. Clement, Danville 1994 M. Langhorne Keith, Fairfax 1995 R. Terrence Ney, Fairfax 1996 Douglas P. Rucker Jr., Richmond 1997 Phillip C. Stone, Bridgewater 1998 G. Franklin Flippin, Roanoke 1999 David Craig Landin, Richmond 2000 Anita O. Poston, Norfolk 2001 Jeanne F. Franklin, Alexandria 2002 J. Edward Betts, Richmond 2003 Frank A. Thomas III, Orange 2004 E. Tazewell Ellett, Alexandria 2005 James V. Meath, Richmond 2006 William R. Van Buren III, Norfolk 2007 Glenn C. Lewis, Washington, D.C. 2008 G. Michael Pace, Jr., Roanoke deceased*