Virgis M. Ashworth
{{Short description|American politician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Virgis M. Ashworth
| birth_date = {{birth date|1911|11|25}}
| birth_place = Herrin, Illinois, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1975|06|18|1911|11|25}}
| office1 = Member of the Alabama House of Representatives
| term_start1 = 1954
| term_end1 = 1963
| office = 57th Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives
| term_start = 1961
| term_end = 1961
| preceded = Charles C. Adams
| succeeded = Albert Brewer
| party = Democratic
| alma_mater = University of Alabama
Birmingham School of Law
}}
Virgis M. Ashworth (November 25, 1911{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-centreville-press-virgis-marion-ashw/75360654/|title=Virgis M. Ashworth: Up From The Mines|work=The Centreville Times|location=Centreville, Alabama|date=June 22, 1961|access-date=December 21, 2023|page=12|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} – June 18, 1975) was an American politician. He served as a Democratic member of the Alabama House of Representatives.
Life and career
Ashworth was born in Herrin, Illinois. He attended the University of Alabama and Birmingham School of Law.{{Citation|title=Alabama Official and Statistical Register|date=1959|publisher=Brown Printing Company}}
Ashworth served in the Alabama House of Representatives{{Citation|title=A Manual for Alabama Legislators|date=1955|publisher=Legislative Reference Service, State of Alabama}} from 1954 to 1963.
Ashworth died{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-anniston-star-judge-apparently-takes/137234339/|title=Judge apparently takes own life|work=The Anniston Star|location=Anniston, Alabama|date=June 19, 1975|access-date=December 21, 2023|page=26|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} on June 18, 1975 of an apparent suicide, at the age of 63.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U7LOEAAAQBAJ|title=American Legislative Leaders in the South, 1911-1994|first1=Nancy Weatherly|last1=Sharp|first2=James Roger|last2=Sharp|publisher=Bloomsbury Academic|page=53|date=June 30, 1999|isbn=9780313032066|via=Google Books}}
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Category:American politicians who died by suicide
Category:People from Herrin, Illinois
Category:Democratic Party members of the Alabama House of Representatives
Category:Speakers of the Alabama House of Representatives
Category:University of Alabama alumni
Category:Birmingham School of Law alumni
Category:Suicides by firearm in Alabama
Category:20th-century members of the Alabama Legislature
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