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Grover Ashton Dovell

Member From: 1924 - 1941

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  • Birth Date: June 8, 1885 Birth Place:Madison County, VA
  • Death Date: October 28, 1948
  • Gender: Male Race: Caucasian
  • Spouse: Martha Lane
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  • Education: University of Virignia (B.A.) The College of William & Mary (LL.D.)
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  • Occupation/Profession: Attorney
  • Memberships/Affiliations: Episcopal Church Yorktown Country Club Williamsburg Rotary Masons Shrine (Khedive Temple) Peninsula Shrine American Legion Princess Anne Country Club Kappa Alpha Omicron Delta Kappa Phi Beta Kappa Governor's Advisory Board on the Budget Maryland Casualty Company (board of directors)
  • Bio: Born in Madison County, Va., June 8, 1885, Died in Richmond, Va., October 28, 1949. Buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Williamsburg, Va. G. Ashton Dovell of Williamsburg was the son of Early Beauregard and Lucy Mary (Bond) Dovell of Madison County. He was educated at the College of William and Mary, LL.D., and the University of Virginia, LL.B. He was a World War I Veteran. He was well informed on State affairs, a scholar, a lawyer, and an orator and parliamentarian of considerable ability. He was a member of the House of Delegates, 1924-42; city attorney for Williamsburg; a director of the Maryland Casualty Company; and one of the trustees of Colonial Williamsburg. He married, February 28, 1911, in Bruton Parish Church, Martha Lane, daughter of Colonel Levin Winder and Elizabeth Littleton (Jordan) Lane, Jr. of Williamsburg.

    While he was Speaker of the House, the Clerk was E. GRIFFITH DODSON.
  • Other Notable Service and/or Elected Offices: Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates: 1936-1942
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Session District District Number Party Leadership Committees
1924 Counties of New Kent, Charles City, James City, and York; City of Williamsburg Democrat Appropriations
Confirmation
Library
Private and Local Legislation
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1926-1927 Counties of New Kent, Charles City, James City, and York; City of Williamsburg Democrat Confirmation (Chair)
Appropriations
Officers and Offices at the Capitol
Privileges and Elections
1927 Ex. Counties of New Kent, Charles City, James City, and York; City of Williamsburg Democrat Confirmation (Chair)
Appropriations
Officers and Offices at the Capitol
Privileges and Elections
1928 Counties of New Kent, Charles City, James City, and York; City of Williamsburg Democrat Privileges and Elections (Chair)
Appropriations
Confirmation
Rules
1930 Counties of New Kent, Charles City, James City, and York; City of Williamsburg Democrat Appropriations, Privileges and Elections (Chair)
Confirmations
Rules
1932-1933 Counties of New Kent, Charles City, James City and York; City of Williamsburg Democrat Privileges and Elections, Appropriations (Chair)
Confirmation
Rules
1933 Ex. Counties of New Kent, Charles City, James City and York; City of Williamsburg Democrat Privileges and Elections, Appropriations (Chair)
Confirmation
1934 Counties of New Kent, Charles City, James City, and York; City of Williamsburg Democrat Privileges and Elections, Appropriations (Chair)
Confirmation
Rules
1936-1937 Counties of New Kent, Charles City, James City, and York; City of Williamsburg Democrat Speaker of the House (1936-1941) Rules (Chair)
1938 Counties of New Kent, Charles City, James City, and York; City of Williamsburg Democrat Speaker of the House (1936-1941) Rules (Chair)
1940 Counties of New Kent, Charles City, James City and York; City of Williamsburg Democrat Speaker of the House (1936-1941) Rules (Chair)

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