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Eleanor Parker Sheppard (July 24, 1907 – March 13, 1991) was an American civic activist and Democratic politician who became the first woman to be elected to the city council of Richmond, Virginia, and later became her adopted city's first female mayor, then represented its citizens in the Virginia General Assembly for a decade.
Born in Richmond, Virginia, son of Judge and Senator Richard E. Parker. [1] Parker studied law at the University of Virginia, and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in Berryville, Virginia, near Winchester, where he lived. [2] He was the paymaster at the Harpers Ferry Armory, and was also a slave owner. [3]: 113
Richard Parker (colonel) Richard Parker (1751 – 8 May 1780) was an American colonel who fought in the American Revolutionary War. Son of prominent Virginia jurist Richard Parker, Parker received an officer's commission in a Virginia regiment early in the conflict. He probably was present at Great Bridge and Norfolk.
Richmond Interim Chief of Police Rick Edwards gives a news briefing about a shooting that happened at the Huguenot High School graduation, Tuesday, June 6, 2023, in Richmond, Va. (AP) Six people ...
Richard Neville Parker (1884–1958), English botanist and forester. Richard Parker (1867–1884), the cabin boy victim of shipwreck, murder, and cannibalism in the incident of the court-case R v Dudley and Stephens. Richard Parker (potter) (born 1946), New Zealand potter. Rick Parker (artist) (born 1946), American artist, writer, and cartoonist.
The current Mayor of Richmond, Virginia and 80th in the sequence of regular officeholders is Democrat Levar Stoney who succeeded Dwight C. Jones, a Baptist pastor and former member of the Virginia House of Delegates in 2016. Jones was first elected in 2008, and won a second term in November 2012.
Levar Stoney. Levar Marcus Stoney (born March 20, 1981) is an American politician who has served as the 80th mayor of Richmond, Virginia since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia from 2014 through 2016, being the youngest member of Governor Terry McAuliffe 's administration.
August 14, 2024 at 8:35 AM. PETERSBURG, Va. (AP) — A shooting injured four people at Virginia State University early Wednesday, police said. Charges are pending against multiple suspects, and ...