John H. Hager, a former
Virginia lieutenant governor who served from 1998 to 2002, has died at the age of 83.
Gov. Ralph Northam ordered state flags to be flown at half staff for 10 days in Hager’s honor following his death Sunday, according to a statement from the governor.
The
Republican and former tobacco executive presided over a state
Senate that was under GOP control for the first time in more than a century, The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported.