Birthname: | John Powell Royall |
Birth Date: | June 2, 1874 |
Birth Place: | Danville, Virginia, U.S. |
Death Place: | Mercer, West Virginia, U.S. |
State Senate: | Virginia |
District: | 3rd |
Term Start: | January 10, 1912 |
Term End: | January 14, 1920 |
Preceded: | Roland E. Chase |
Succeeded: | Robert O. Crockett |
Office2: | Member of the Virginia House of Delegates for Tazewell and Buchanan |
Term Start2: | January 13, 1904 |
Term End2: | January 8, 1908 |
Predecessor2: | William L. Moore (as Delegate for Tazewell) William B. Fulton (as Delegate for Buchanan) |
Successor2: | Deskin Green |
Party: | Republican |
Alma Mater: | Washington & Lee University |
Signature: | John Powell Royall signature.png |
John Powell Royall (June 2, 1874 – August 14, 1945) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a member of the Virginia Senate, representing the state's 3rd district from 1912 to 1920.[1] [2] [3] He was selected as the Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia in 1933 and Governor of Virginia in 1937, losing both times in the general election to former state delegate James Hubert Price.
Royall's wife, Jennie McDonald Bowen came from a prominent Southwest Virginia political family. Her paternal grandfather, Rees Tate Bowen, and uncle, Henry Bowen, both served in the United States House of Representatives.
Date | Election | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Virginia House of Delegates, Tazewell and Buchanan | ||||||
Nov 3, 1903 | General | J. Powell Royall | Republican | - | - | |
William P. Payne | Democratic | - | - | |||
District newly created following previous election | ||||||
Nov 7, 1905 | General | J. Powell Royall (inc.) | Republican | - | - | |
Virginia Senate, 3rd district | ||||||
Nov 7, 1911 | General | J. Powell Royall | Republican | - | - | |
Charles R. Brown | Democratic | - | - | |||
Roland E. Chase did not seek reelection; seat stayed Republican | ||||||
Nov 2, 1915 | General | J. Powell Royall (inc.) | Republican | - | - | |
J. William Chapman | Democratic | - | - | |||
Lieutenant Governor of Virginia | ||||||
Nov 7, 1933[4] | General | James H. Price (inc.) | Democratic | 127,135 | 75.73 | |
J. Powell Royall | Republican | 37,770 | 22.50 | |||
J. Luther Kibler | Socialist | 2,971 | 1.77 | |||
Governor of Virginia | ||||||
Nov 2, 1937[5] | General | James H. Price | Democratic | 124,145 | 82.78 | |
J. Powell Royall | Republican | 23,670 | 15.78 | |||
Donald Burke | Communist | 1,164 | 0.78 | |||
James A. Edgerton | Prohibition | 990 | 0.66 | |||
George C. Peery unable to seek reelection; seat stayed Democratic | ||||||