Shelton Farrar Leake (November 30, 1812 – March 4, 1884) was a nineteenth-century politician, lawyer and teacher from Virginia.
Born near Hillsboro, Albemarle County, Virginia to Dr. Samuel Leake and Sophia Farrar, Leake completed preparatory studies, taught school, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1835, commencing practice in Charlottesville, Virginia.
[1] Afterward, Leake resumed practicing law and in 1851 was elected the first Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, serving from 1852 to 1856.
Leake again resumed practicing law until his death in Charlottesville, Virginia on March 4, 1884.
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