WAVY Archive: 1981 Attorney General Marshall Coleman
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WAVY Archive: 1981 Marshall Coleman on Election
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WAVY Archive: 1981 Candidate Marshall Coleman
John Marshall Coleman is an American lawyer and Republican politician who served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly during the 1970s. He was the first Republican elected as Attorney General of Virginia since Congressional Reconstruction and served 1978-1982, although his later campaigns for Governor of Virginia and U.S. Senate proved unsuccessful.