George William Booker (December 5, 1821 – June 4, 1883) was a nineteenth-century politician, lawyer, teacher, judge and justice of the peace from Virginia. Biography Born near Stuart, Virginia, Booker attended common schools as a child, taught school, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1846, commencing practice in Patrick County, Virginia. He was elected a justice of the peace in Henry County, Virginia and was a member and presiding judge of the county court from 1856 to 1868. Booker was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1866 to 1867 and was elected Attorney General of Virginia in 1868, serving until 1869. He was elected a Conservative to the United States House of Representatives in 1869, serving from 1870 to 1871 and afterwards resumed practicing law in Martinsville, Virginia. Booker died in Martinsville on June 4, 1883 and was interred there in the family cemetery. Notes External links George Booker at The Political Graveyard 1821 births 1883 deaths Republican Party members of the Virginia House of Delegates Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia Virginia lawyers Virginia state court judges Virginia Attorneys General Conservative Party of Virginia politicians Conservative Party of Virginia members of the United States House of Representatives 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American lawyers 19th-century American judges People from Stuart, Virginia People from Henry County, Virginia Burials in Virginia People from Martinsville, Virginia