Harry F. Byrd
Harry F. Byrd | |
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| United States Senator from Virginia | |
| In office March 4, 1933 – November 10, 1965 | |
| Preceded by | Claude A. Swanson |
| Succeeded by | Harry F. Byrd Jr. |
| 50th Governor of Virginia | |
| In office February 1, 1926 – January 15, 1930 | |
| Lieutenant | Junius Edgar West |
| Preceded by | Elbert Lee Trinkle |
| Succeeded by | John Garland Pollard |
| Member of the Virginia Senate from the 26th district | |
| In office January 9, 1924 – February 1, 1926 | |
| Preceded by | James M. Dickerson |
| Succeeded by | Joseph S. Denny |
| Member of the Virginia Senate from the 10th district | |
| In office January 12, 1916 – January 9, 1924 | |
| Preceded by | Frank S. Tavenner |
| Succeeded by | Marshall B. Booker |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Harry Flood Byrd June 10, 1887 Martinsburg, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | October 20, 1966 (aged 79) Berryville, Virginia, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Anne Douglas Beverley |
| Children | 4, including Harry Jr. |
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Harry Flood Byrd Sr. (June 10, 1887 – October 20, 1966) was an American newspaper publisher and political leader of the Democratic Party. H was Governor of Virginia from 1926 until 1930. He was then a United States Senator from 1933 until 1965. He was a critic of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, largely blocking most liberal legislation after 1937.[1]
His son Harry Jr. replaced him as U.S. Senator, but ran as an Independent following the decline of the Byrd Organization.
Although Byrd never announced as a presidential candidate, he received many votes in the 1956 presidential election and 15 electoral votes in the 1960 election.
Byrd died in Berryville, Virginia on October 20, 1966 at the age of 79.[2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Mordecai Lee (2012). Congress Vs. the Bureaucracy: Muzzling Agency Public Relations. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 211.
- ↑ "Byrd, Harry Flood". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774–2005. p. 761. ISBN 9780160731761. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
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