Elisha W. McComas

Elisha W. McComas (January 21, 1823 – March 11, 1890) was an American politician who served as the second Lieutenant Governor of Virginia in 1856 and 1857 under Governor Henry A. Wise.

McComas was living in Cabell County (now in West Virginia) when he was elected Virginia's lieutenant governor. He began his term on 1 January 1856 and resigned on 7 December 1857, when he was succeeded by William Lowther Jackson. McComas served as Captain in the U.S. Army during the Mexican-American War.

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Preceded by Shelton Farrar Leake	Lieutenant Governor of Virginia 1856–1857	Succeeded by William Lowther "Mudwall" Jackson

Lieutenant Governors of Virginia

Leake McComas Jackson Montague S Price (disputed) Polsley (disputed) Cowper Lewis Marye Withers Thomas Walker Lewis Massey Tyler Kent Echols Willard Ellyson Buchanan West J Price Holt Tuck Collins Stephens Godwin Pollard Reynolds Howell Dalton Robb Davis Wilder Beyer Hager Kaine Bolling Northam

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