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Francis Rives Lassiter (February 18, 1866 – October 31, 1909) was a
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from
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, great-nephew of Francis E. Rives.


Biography

Francie Rives Lassiter was born in
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on September 29, 1867, a son of Dr. Daniel W. Lassiter and Anna Rives (Heath) Lassiter. His siblings included William Lassiter, who was a career
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officer and attained the rank of major general. Lassiter attended McCabe's University School at Petersburg and was graduated from the law department of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1886. He was admitted to the bar in 1887 and commenced practice in
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. He returned to
Petersburg, Virginia Petersburg is an independent city (United States), independent city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 33,458 with a majority bla ...
, in 1888 and continued the practice of law. He became the City attorney of Petersburg from 1888 to 1893. Lassiter was appointed by President
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to be United States attorney for the eastern district of Virginia in 1893 and served until 1896, when he resigned. He served as captain of Company G, Fourth Regiment, Virginia State Militia. He was appointed supervisor of the Twelfth Census for the Fourth Congressional District of Virginia in 1899. Lassiter was elected as a
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to the Fifty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Sydney P. Epes. He was reelected to the Fifty-seventh Congress and served from April 19, 1900, to March 3, 1903. Lassiter was elected to the Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses and served from March 4, 1907, until his death in
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, October 31, 1909. He is interred in Blandford Cemetery. His family papers are held by the Special Collections Research Center at the
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.


Electoral history

*1900; Lassiter was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives with 98.65% of the vote in a special election, defeating Independent James Seldon Cowdon; he was re-elected with 60.06% of the vote in the general election, defeating Republican C.E. Wilson. *1906; Lassiter was re-elected unopposed. *1908; Lassiter was re-elected unopposed.


See also

*
List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49) There are several lists of United States Congress members who died in office. These include: *List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899) *List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–1949) *List ...


References


External links


Finding aid for the Lassiter PapersFrancis Rives Lassiter, late a representative from Virginia, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1910
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lassiter, Francis Rives 1860s births 1909 deaths Military personnel from Virginia American militia officers Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia Politicians from Petersburg, Virginia United States attorneys for the Eastern District of Virginia Burials at Blandford Cemetery 19th-century Virginia politicians 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives