Robert Craig Kent | |
Order: | 17th |
Office: | Lieutenant Governor of Virginia |
Term Start: | 1894 |
Term End: | 1898 |
Governor: | Charles Triplett O'Ferrall |
Predecessor: | James Hoge Tyler |
Successor: | Edward Echols |
Office2: | Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Wythe County |
Term Start2: | December 4, 1889 |
Term End2: | December 6, 1893 |
Preceded2: | David H. Porter |
Succeeded2: | R. W. Sanders |
Birth Name: | Robert Craig Kent |
Birth Date: | November 28, 1828 |
Birth Place: | Wythe County, Virginia, U.S. |
Death Place: | Wytheville, Virginia, U.S. |
Alma Mater: | Princeton University |
Profession: | Attorney |
Party: | Democratic |
Robert Craig Kent (November 28, 1828 – April 30, 1905) was an attorney and political figure from the Commonwealth of Virginia. A graduate of Princeton University, Kent was admitted to the Virginia Bar in 1853 and commenced the practice of law in Wytheville. After several years of successful private practice, Kent was elected as the Commonwealth's Attorney for Wythe County, then twice to the Virginia House of Delegates. In 1894, he won election to a four-year term as the 17th Lieutenant Governor of Virginia.