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BOOKER, George William, lawyer, born in Patrick County, Virginia, 14 December 1821; died in Martinsville, Virginia, 4 June 1883. He studied law and taught school, soon after his admission to the bar became a justice of the peace in Henry County, and from 1857 till 1862 was the presiding justice of Henry County court. During the civil war he was an unconditional union man. In 1865 he was elected to the house of delegates of the legislature of Virginia, and in 1868 received the nomination of state attorney general. This office he resigned, and was elected as a conservative to congress, where he served from 31 January 1870, till 3 March 1871. He was elected to the state legislature in November 1873, and, after serving for two years, retired entirely from public life.
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