Birthname: | Frank William Nolen |
State Senate: | Virginia |
District: | 24th |
Term Start: | January 11, 1978 |
Term End: | January 10, 1996 |
Preceded: | Marshall Coleman |
Succeeded: | Emmett Hanger |
Term Start2: | January 8, 1975 |
Term End2: | January 14, 1976 |
Preceded2: | H. Dunlop Dawbarn |
Succeeded2: | Marshall Coleman |
Birth Date: | 26 December 1939 |
Birth Place: | Cartoogechaye, North Carolina, U.S. |
Party: | Democratic |
Alma Mater: | Virginia Tech (BSEE) |
Frank William Nolen (born December 26, 1939) is an American politician who served as a member of the Virginia Senate. Winning a 1974 special election to succeed H. Dunlop Dawbarn after his retirement, he lost reelection in 1975 to J. Marshall Coleman. When Coleman resigned to become Attorney General in 1977, Nolen won back his old seat.[1]
As of February 2019, Nolen is the chairman of the Augusta County Democratic Committee.[2]