caption governor predecessor successor death_date birth_place religion profession party office birth_date order term_start image article_title term_end name
portrait photograph of lt. governor massey fitzhugh lee john f. lewis james hoge tyler 24 april 1901 spotsylvania county , virginia baptist attorney , baptist preacher democrat lieutenant governor of virginia april 2 , 1819 15th 1886 john e. massey.jpg john e. massey
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john e. massey

john edward `` parson '' massey -lrb- april 2 , 1819 -- april 24 , 1901 -rrb- was from albemarle county , virginia and a member of the democratic party .
he served as the 15th lieutenant governor of virginia from january 1 , 1886 , until january 1 , 1890 .
he was also a baptist preacher and considered himself the founder of readjusters .
his autobiography appeared posthumously in 1909 , edited by elizabeth h. hancock .
