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), American politician Curley Byrd (Harry Clifton Byrd, 1889–1970), American politician, university president...
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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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(1871–1942), English first-class cricketer Harry F Byrd (1887 - 1966) American Newspaper publisher and politician Harry F Byrd, Jr (1914 - 2013), American orchardist...
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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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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...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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1952 Democratic Party presidential primaries (redirect from Withdrawal of Harry Truman from the 1952 United States presidential election)
Charles F. Brannan Harry F. Byrd with 3% and Fred Vinson 2% Other candidates with 3% Paul Douglas with 2%, Harry F. Byrd with 2% Harry F. Byrd with 3%...
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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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ISBN 0-7864-0310-1. Sweeney, James R. (1991). "Whispers in the Golden Silence: Harry F. Byrd Sr., John F. Kennedy, and Virginia Democrats in the 1960 Presidential Election"...
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election in Virginia was held on November 3, 1964. Incumbent Senator Harry F. Byrd, Sr. was re-elected to a seventh term after defeating Republican Richard...
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Wendell Walker (section Memorial of Harry F. Byrd)
In early February 2020, Walker proposed a bill to remove a Statue of Harry F. Byrd, a prominent Democrat who is often infamously remembered for his racist...
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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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1944 United States presidential election (category Harry S. Truman)
pro-segregationist delegates tried to unite behind Virginia senator Harry F. Byrd, but he refused to campaign actively against Roosevelt, and did not...
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