Richard Coke Jr.
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Born in Williamsburg, Virginia, Coke pursued in preparatory studies as a young man. He graduated from the College of William & Mary, studied law and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in Gloucester County, Virginia. He owned slaves.[1] He was elected a Jacksonian to the United States House of Representatives in 1828, serving from 1829 to 1833. Coke died at his plantation called "Abingdon Place" in Gloucester County, Virginia, on March 31, 1851, and was interred in the family cemetery on the estate.
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