George C. Peery (October 28, 1873-October 14, 1952), was an American Democratic politician, and was Governor of Virginia from 1934-1938. This is a list of Governors of Virginia since Virginia became a U.S. state following the American Revolutionary War. ...

Governor Peery was the first governor to be selected, at least partially, by the soon to be very powerful "Byrd Machine," led by Senator Harry F. Byrd, Sr. Harry Flood Byrd, Sr. ...

Peery was born in Cedar Bluff, in Tazewell County, Virginia, in the far southwest portion of the state. Tazewell County is a county located in the state of Virginia. ...

Peery was a member of Congress, representing the 9th Congressional district of Virginia from 1923-1929 (the current seatholder is Rick Boucher), and was a delegate to the Democratic Nation Convention in 1920 & 1924. Upon his retirement from Congress he engaged in raising livestock, until newly elected Senator Byrd approached him to run for Governor in 1933. Peery accepted, and won the November election. The House of Representatives is the larger of two houses that make up the U.S. Congress, the other being the United States Senate. ... Born 1946, in Abingdon, Virginia. ...

After his retirement as Governor, Peery joined the board of trustees of both Washington and Lee University and Hollins College. Washington and Lee University (originally Washington College) is a private liberal arts college in Lexington, Rockbridge County, Virginia. ...

Peery died in 1952, at the age of 78, days short of his 79th birthday, in Richlands, Virginia. He was buried in Maplewood Cemetary in Tazewell, Virginia. Richlands is a town located in Tazewell County, Virginia. ... Tazewell is a town located in Tazewell County, Virginia. ...