Harry Flood Byrd Sr. (June 10, 1887 – October 20, 1966) was an American newspaper publisher, politician, and leader of the Democratic Party in Virginia... 41 KB (4,435 words) - 20:34, 25 April 2024 |
Harry F. Byrd Sr. His public service spanned thirty-six years, while he was a publisher of several Virginia newspapers. After the decline of the Byrd... 25 KB (2,726 words) - 09:42, 17 January 2024 |
The Byrd machine, or Byrd organization, was a political machine of the Democratic Party led by former Governor and U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd (1887–1966)... 25 KB (3,339 words) - 09:12, 26 April 2024 |
Harry Byrd may refer to: Harry F. Byrd (1887–1966), U.S. politician Harry Clifton Byrd (1889–1970), known as "Curley Byrd", U.S. politician, university... 533 bytes (103 words) - 14:05, 11 June 2020 |
Harry F. Byrd was installed in Capitol Square, Richmond, Virginia, until 2021. Visual arts portal Vozzella, Laura (2014-03-04). "Memorial for Harry F... 3 KB (77 words) - 08:18, 29 June 2023 |
resistance was a strategy declared by U.S. senator Harry F. Byrd Sr. of Virginia and his son Harry Jr.'s brother-in-law, James M. Thomson, who represented... 44 KB (5,324 words) - 21:23, 24 April 2024 |
1960 United States presidential election (redirect from Nixon's 1960 presidential defeat to John F. Kennedy) unpledged electors from Mississippi and Alabama cast their vote for Senator Harry F. Byrd, as did a faithless elector from Oklahoma. The 1960 presidential election... 134 KB (12,513 words) - 04:10, 1 May 2024 |
leaders embraced a plan known as "massive resistance", created by Senator Harry F. Byrd, in order to frustrate attempts to force them to de-segregate their... 97 KB (11,112 words) - 08:22, 1 May 2024 |
economic growth. The act was initially blocked by Democrats like Senator Harry F. Byrd, but Lyndon Johnson was able to guide it through Congress after the... 9 KB (901 words) - 20:07, 9 November 2023 |
Senator Harry F. Byrd Sr. had retired the previous year for health reasons, and his son Harry F. Byrd Jr. had been appointed to replace him. Byrd defeated... 4 KB (129 words) - 16:48, 15 April 2024 |
the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Harry F. Byrd Jr., defeating Lieutenant Governor Dick Davis in the general election... 12 KB (990 words) - 23:46, 7 December 2023 |
electors from Alabama and Mississippi voted for Democratic Senator Harry F. Byrd from Virginia, as many Southern Democrats opposed the national party's... 6 KB (371 words) - 20:54, 13 March 2024 |
election in Virginia was held on November 3, 1970. Incumbent Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr. was re-elected to his first full term after winning a race 4 years... 4 KB (122 words) - 18:28, 29 December 2023 |
Richmond International Airport (redirect from Byrd Airfield) dedicated as Richard Evelyn Byrd Flying Field in 1927 in honor of aviator Richard E. Byrd, brother of then Gov. Harry F. Byrd. Charles Lindbergh attended... 42 KB (2,406 words) - 23:09, 15 April 2024 |
W. F. Turner, a faithless elector from Alabama, voted for Jones and Talmadge instead of Stevenson and Kefauver. Unpledged electors voted for Byrd and... 256 KB (12,010 words) - 19:55, 19 April 2024 |
Harry Byrd of Virginia is a non-fiction book, published in 1996 by University Press of Virginia by Ronald L. Heinemann, concerning Harry F. Byrd. James... 2 KB (220 words) - 21:33, 31 March 2024 |
election in Virginia was held on November 2, 1976. Incumbent Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr. was re-elected to a second term over retired Admiral Elmo Zumwalt... 4 KB (114 words) - 18:25, 29 December 2023 |
26 states carried) Harry F. Byrd/Strom Thurmond (I) – 286,359 (0.4%) and 14 electoral votes (2.61%, 2 states carried) Harry F. Byrd/Barry Goldwater (I)... 12 KB (1,287 words) - 03:48, 2 October 2023 |
eight electoral votes; the eighth was cast by a faithless elector for Harry F. Byrd of Virginia. With 59.02% of the popular vote, Oklahoma would prove to... 27 KB (208 words) - 04:07, 2 October 2023 |
to the vacant seat. A fiscal conservative and disciple of Virginia's Harry F. Byrd, Chandler opposed parts of Roosevelt's New Deal and openly disagreed... 90 KB (10,681 words) - 15:26, 19 April 2024 |