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John Nichols Dalton ( July 11 , 1931July 30 , 1986 ) was a Republican Governor of the U.S. State of Virginia from 1978 to 1982 . Dalton also served in both houses of the General Assembly and as Lieutenant Governor . He graduated from the College Of William And Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia . As governor, he pursued policies of limited government. He also settled the federal lawsuit on the desegregation of Virginia's institutions of higher education.

His son-in-law, Steve Baril, sought the 2005 Republican nomination for attorney general of Virginia.