John Munford Gregory (July 8, 1804April 9, 1884) was a US political figure and List of Governors of Virginia, Acting Governor of Virginia from 1842 to 1843.

Biography

Gregory was born in Virginia on July 8, 1804, and was a member of the Virginia state House of Delegates from 1831 to 1840. He served as acting Governor of Virginia from 1842 to 1843 and then as a state court judge in Virginia Gregory died on April 9, 1884, and was buried at Shockoe Hill Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia. One of the enslaved people that Gregory hired, John Dunjee, escaped and became a prominent Baptist preacher. His home at Richmond after 1849, the Benjamin Watkins Leigh House, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.

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A Guide to the Executive Papers of Governor John M. Gregory, 1842–1843
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The Library of Virginia
Governors of Virginia Members of the Virginia House of Delegates 1804 births 1884 deaths College of William & Mary alumni United States Attorneys for the Eastern District of Virginia Virginia state court judges Virginia Whigs Whig Party state governors of the United States People from Charles City County, Virginia 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American lawyers 19th-century American judges {{Virginia-delegate-stub