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    Harry Flood Byrd Sr. (June 10, 1887 – October 20, 1966) was an American newspaper publisher, politician, and leader of the Democratic Party in Virginia...
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    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...
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    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)...
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  • 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...
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    Harry F. Byrd was installed in Capitol Square, Richmond, Virginia, until 2021. Visual arts portal Vozzella, Laura (2014-03-04). "Memorial for Harry F...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    the Democratic Party and lukewarm ally of the Byrd Organization led by fellow U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd, Robertson represented Virginia in the U.S. House...
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    Virginia's current senators are Democrats Mark Warner and Tim Kaine. Harry F. Byrd was Virginia's longest-serving senator (1933–1965). United States portal...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    Democratic candidate Governor Thomas P. Salmon. Incumbent Independent Harry F. Byrd Jr. was re-elected to a second term over retired Admiral Elmo Zumwalt...
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    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...
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    Samuel Argall. He was the brother of Virginia Governor and U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd, a dominant figure in the Virginia Democratic Party from the 1920s until...
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    electors from Alabama and Mississippi voted for Democratic Senator Harry F. Byrd from Virginia, as many Southern Democrats opposed the national party's...
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    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...
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    re-election, defeating Democratic candidate Frederick J. Fayette. Incumbent Harry F. Byrd was re-elected to a seventh term, defeating Republican Richard A. May...
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    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...
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    W. F. Turner, a faithless elector from Alabama, voted for Jones and Talmadge instead of Stevenson and Kefauver. Unpledged electors voted for Byrd and...
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    Fielding L. Wright supported the tenets of the New Deal, others such as Harry F. Byrd joined the conservative coalition. The Dixiecrats' presidential candidate...
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    Party of New York picked up one net seat each, and former Democrat Harry F. Byrd Jr. was re-elected as an independent. This was the first time that Republicans...
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    railroad reached the town in the 1870s. Virginia governor and U.S. senator Harry F. Byrd long resided in Berryville. A state senator in 1916, he built a log...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    The Byrd Road Act was an Act of Assembly passed in February 1932 by the Virginia General Assembly. Named for former Governor Harry F. Byrd, the legislation...
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    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)...
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    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...
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    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...
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    century, which later became known as the Byrd Organization for Swanson's successor as U.S. Senator, Harry Flood Byrd. Claude Swanson was born to the former...
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