Robert Craig Kent

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name= Robert Craig Kent


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order= 17^th
office= Lieutenant Governor of Virginia
term_start= 1894
term_end= 1898
predecessor= James Hoge Tyler
successor= Edward Echols
birth_date= November 28, 1828
birth_place= Wythe County, Virginia
death_date= April 30, 1905
death_place= Wytheville, Virginia
spouse=
alma_mater= Princeton University
profession= Attorney
party= Democrat
religion= Presbyterian

Robert Craig Kent (1828 - 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 Lieutenant Governor of Virginia.

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*cite book
title=Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Under the Editorial Supervision of Lyon ...
author=Lyon Gardiner Tyler
year=1915
publisher=Lewis historical publishing company
isbn=
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Dvdov5YWXUkC&pg=RA1-PA217&dq=%22Robert+Craig+Kent%22#PRA1-PA216,M1