Richard Harding Poff (October 19 1923 – June 27 2011) was an American politician and judge. He was first elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1952 from Virginia’s 6th congressional district. An attorney and a Republican he was given strong consideration for the United States Supreme Court by President Richard M. Nixon and was later appointed as a Justice (later Senior Justice) of the Virginia Supreme Court.
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active years end date
1972-08-29
active years start date
1953-01-03
alma mater
Roanoke College, University of Virginia School of Law
award
Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)
battle
World War II
birth date
1923-10-19
birth place
Virginia, Radford Virginia
death date
2011-06-27, 2011-06-28
death place
Tennessee, Tullahoma Tennessee
military branch
United States Army Air Corps
military rank
First lieutenant
military unit
Eighth Air Force
occupation
Lawyer
office
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia
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