Frank Hargrove | |
State Delegate: | Virginia |
District: | 55th |
Term Start: | January 12, 1983 |
Term End: | January 13, 2010 |
Preceded: | None (district created) |
Succeeded: | John Cox |
State Delegate2: | Virginia |
District2: | 32nd |
Term Start2: | January 13, 1982 |
Term End2: | January 12, 1983 |
Preceded2: | V. Earl Dickinson |
Succeeded2: | Kenneth B. Rollins |
Birth Name: | Frank DuVal Hargrove |
Birth Date: | 26 January 1927 |
Birth Place: | Elmont, Virginia, U.S. |
Death Place: | Hanover County, Virginia, U.S. |
Party: | Republican |
Spouse: | Oriana Robertson |
Children: | Dale, Frank Jr., Stewart, Wellesley[1] |
Residence: | Hanover County, Virginia |
Alma Mater: | Virginia Tech (B.S.) |
Occupation: | Insurance |
Allegiance: | United States |
Branch: | U.S. Army Air Forces |
Serviceyears: | 1943 - 1945 |
Frank DuVal Hargrove, Sr. (January 26, 1927 – October 16, 2021) was an American politician. From 1982 to 2010 he served in the Virginia House of Delegates, representing the 55th district in the northeast suburbs of Richmond, in and around Hanover County.[2]
On January 26, 2009, Hargrove announced that he would not run for reelection.[3]
Hargrove supported expansion of the death penalty early in his career.[4] Beginning in 2001, he began introducing annual bills to abolish or restrict the death penalty, saying that life without parole was a sufficient and cheaper alternative.[5]