Birthname: | John Newton Opie |
Birth Date: | March 13, 1844 |
Birth Place: | Jefferson, Virginia, U.S. |
Death Place: | Staunton, Virginia, U.S. |
State Senate1: | Virginia |
District1: | 9th |
Term Start1: | December 1, 1897 |
Term End1: | January 10, 1906 |
Preceded1: | Edward Echols |
Succeeded1: | Edward Echols |
Office2: | Member of the Virginia House of Delegates for Augusta and Staunton City |
Term Start2: | December 5, 1883 |
Term End2: | December 2, 1885 |
Alongside2: | Edward Echols |
Preceded2: | James H. Skinner |
Succeeded2: | Alexander B. Lightner |
Party: | Democratic |
Alma Mater: | Virginia Military Institute |
Spouse: | Isabel Harman Ida Fletcher |
Branch: | Confederate States Army |
Serviceyears: | 1861–1865 |
Rank: | Captain |
Battles: | American Civil War |
John Newton Opie (March 13, 1844 – January 26, 1906) was an American politician who served as a member of the Virginia Senate. His autobiography "A Rebel Cavalryman", detailed his service during the Civil War as an enlisted soldier and later Captain.
A believer in Women's suffrage, John N. Opie advocated for the right before Virginia's senate in 1904, for which he was called "...rather radical in his beliefs." Women's suffrage in Virginia was later achieved in 1920, fourteen years after his death.[1] [2] [3]