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Signature. Harry Flood Byrd Sr. (June 10, 1887 – October 20, 1966) was an American newspaper publisher, politician, and leader of the Democratic Party in Virginia for four decades as head of a political faction that became known as the Byrd Organization. Byrd served as Virginia's governor from 1926 until 1930, then represented the state as a ...
Dec 22, 2021 · Harry F. Byrd (1887–1966) Harry F. Byrd served as a Virginia state senator (1915–1925), governor (1926–1930), and United States senator (1933–1965), was the father of a U.S. senator, and for forty years led the Democratic political machine known as the Byrd Organization. By virtue of both his service and power, he was one of the most ...
Byrd, Harry F. (Harry Flood), 1887-1966 Authoritative Name: Byrd, Harry F. (Harry Flood), 1887-1966 Biography: "Senator from Virginia; born in Martinsburg, Berkeley County, W.Va., June 10, 1887; moved with his parents to Winchester, Va., in 1887; attended the public schools and Shenandoah Valley Academy at Winchester, Va.; entered the newspaper publishing business in 1903 and became publisher ...
- Early Life and Education
- Business Career
- Virginia Politics
- National Politics
- U.S. Presidential Candidate
- Death
- Legacy
Harry Flood Byrd was born in Martinsburg, West Virginia, in 1887. He was the son of Eleanor Bolling (Flood) and Richard Evelyn Byrd Sr. Byrd's father became a wealthy apple grower in the Shenandoah Valley and published the Winchester Starnewspaper. Harry initially attended the public schools, but received most of his education from the private Shen...
In 1903, Harry Byrd took over his father's newspaper, the Winchester Star. He eventually bought the Harrisonburg Daily News-Recordand several other papers in the Shenandoah Valley. His family operated these papers until April 1, 2018, when they were sold to the Ogden Newspapers Inc. of Wheeling, West Virginia. In 1907, he founded The Evening Journa...
In 1915, Byrd was elected to the Virginia Senate. That election was to begin his 50 years of service in various roles in the state and federal government. Byrd was a member of the Senate Committee on Roads, the Finance Committee, the Steering Committee, the Committee on Privileges and Elections, and the Committee of Schools and Colleges. He advocat...
In 1933 Byrd was appointed to fill a vacancy in the United States Senate; he won reelection as a Democrat in 1933, 1934, 1940, 1946, 1952, 1958, and 1964. By the 1950s Byrd was one of the most influential senators, serving on the Armed Services Committee, and later as chairman of the Finance Committee. He voted against public works bills, including...
Although Byrd never again formally sought the presidency nor became his party's candidate, Southern Democrats drafted him in several campaigns between 1944 and 1960.
Shortly after leaving office, Byrd died in 1966 from a brain tumor; he had been in a coma for four months. He was 79 years of age and had been a Senator for over 32 years. He was interred in Mount Hebron Cemetery in Winchester.
Possibly his greatest legacy was the creation of Shenandoah National Park, as well as the Skyline Drive, the Blue Ridge Parkway, and the Virginia state park system. The Blue Ridge Parkway bridge over the James River in Big Island, Virginia was named and dedicated to him in 1985. On November 26, 1968, the Virginia State Highway Commission named Virg...
May 3, 2024 · That year, Virginia governor Harry F. Byrd Sr. appointed Carson to the commission, a post held he held until 1934. Dedicated to preserving Virginia’s natural heritage and committed to providing opportunities to the public for recreation in nature, Carson spent his tenure on the commission developing parks and recreational areas in Virginia, including Shenandoah National Park, often ...
When Minnie Rebecca Dorsey was born in April 1869, in Washington, District of Columbia, United States, her father, William B Dorsey, was 41 and her mother, Mary Margaret Stone, was 27. She married Harry Clifford Arnold on 23 December 1886, in Christ Episcopal Church, Alexandria, Virginia, United States.
Born June 10, 1887, in Martinsburg, West Virginia,3 Harry Flood Byrd was a direct descendant of the William Byrds of colonial Vir- ginia fame. His father, Richard E. Byrd, had served as the commonwealth's attorney for Frederick County, speaker of the House of Delegates, and United States district attorney for the western district of Virginia.
