{{Short description|19th-century American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Willis P. Bocock |image = |caption = |office = 7th Attorney General of Virginia |governor = {{ubl|John B. Floyd|Joseph Johnson|Henry A. Wise}} |term_start = January 1, 1852 |term_end = May 15, 1857 |predecessor = Sidney Smith Baxter |successor = John Randolph Tucker |office2 = Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Buckingham County |term_start2 = December 1, 1845 |term_end2 = December 6, 1847 |predecessor2 = William M. Moseley |successor2 = William M. Moseley |birth_name = Willis Perry Bocock |birth_date = {{birth date|1807|02|22}} |birth_place = Buckingham, Virginia, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1887|03|14|1807|02|22}} |death_place=Hale, Alabama, U.S. |party = Democratic |relatives = {{nowrap|Thomas S. Bocock (brother)}} |alma_mater = University of Virginia |occupation = {{hlist|Lawyer|politician}} }}
'''Willis Perry Bocock''' (February 22, 1807 – March 14, 1887) was a nineteenth-century American politician from Virginia. He served as the Attorney General of Virginia, as a member of the Virginia General Assembly, and as a representative to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850.
==Early life== Bocock was born in Buckingham County, Virginia in 1807, before it split to form Appomattox County. He was educated at the University of Virginia, receiving a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1835.<ref>Pulliam 1901, p. 101</ref>
==Career== [[File:View of Capitol, Richmond, Va. April,1865 - NARA - 529087.jpg|thumb|right|The Virginia Capitol at Richmond VA<br>where 19th century Conventions met]]
As an adult, Bocock established a law practice in Appomattox, and served several terms in the General Assembly.<ref>Pulliam 1901, p. 101</ref>
Bocock served as the Virginia Attorney General from 1852 to 1857.<ref>Pulliam 1901, p. 101</ref>
In 1850, Bocock was elected to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850. He was one of three delegates elected from the Southside delegate district made up of his home district of Appomattox County, as well as Charlotte and Prince Edward Counties.<ref>Pulliam 1901, p. 99</ref>
A dangerous fall made him a cripple, and he resigned his Attorney General's office, relocating to Macon, Hale County, Alabama where he "led the life of a private gentleman."<ref>Pulliam 1901, p. 101</ref>
==Death== Willis Perry Bocock died in Macon, Hale County, Alabama in 1887.<ref>Pulliam 1901, p. 101</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
==Bibliography==
*{{cite book |last=Pulliam |first=David Loyd |title=The Constitutional Conventions of Virginia from the foundation of the Commonwealth to the present time |publisher= John T. West, Richmond |year=1901 |isbn= 978-1-2879-2059-5 |ref=pulliam}}
{{s-start}} {{s-legal}} {{succession box | before= Sidney Smith Baxter | title= Attorney General of Virginia | years= 1852–1857 | after= John Randolph Tucker }} {{s-end}} {{Virginia Attorneys General}} {{authority control}}
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