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Chauncey Browning Sr.

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Chauncey Hoyt Browning Sr. (May 15, 1903 – June 24, 1971) was Attorney General of West Virginia in 1952, and a justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia from August 18, 1952 until his death on June 24, 1971. Browning was a Democrat, from Logan County, West Virginia.[1]

He was the father of West Virginia attorney general Chauncey H. Browning Jr.[1]

He died of an apparent heart attack.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Robert Y. Spence, "Chauncey H. Browning", e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia (September 27, 2012).
  2. ^ "Chauncey dies", New Castle News (June 25, 1971), p. 3.
Legal offices
Preceded by Attorney General of West Virginia
1952
Succeeded by
John G. Fox
Preceded by Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
1952–1971
Succeeded by