Walter Coles
Walter Coles was a U.S. Democratic politician.Biography
He was born at Coles Ferry, Halifax County, Virginia. Coles was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives from Virginia and served from March 4, 1835 to March 3, 1845. He died near Chatham, Virginia.
He was the son of Isaac Coles, also a United States Representative from Virginia, and cousin of Edward Coles, who became Governor of Illinois.Elections
- 1835; Coles was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives with 54.11% of the vote, defeating Whig Thomas Davenport.
- 1837; Coles was re-elected with 65.04% of the vote, defeating Whig John Kerr.
- 1839; Coles was re-elected with 51.7% of the vote, defeating Whig Vincent Witcher.
- 1841; Coles was re-elected with 50.45% of the vote, defeating Whig Witcher.
- 1843; Coles was re-elected with 51.35% of the vote, defeating a Whig identified only as Gilmer.
