Harry F. Byrd Sr.

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Harry F. Byrd Sr. was a long-serving U.S. senator from Virginia and influential conservative leader who dominated state politics through the Byrd Organization and staunchly opposed civil rights and federal intervention.

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Harry F. Byrd 1
Harry Flood Byrd Sr. 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States senator
businessperson
governor
human
journalist
politician
burialPlace Mount Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Virginia
causeOfDeath brain tumor
child Harry F. Byrd Jr.
conflict World War I
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1887-06-10
dateOfDeath 1966-10-20
employer Winchester Star
ethnicGroup White American
familyName Byrd
founded Byrd Organization
fullName Harry F. Byrd Sr. self-linksurface differs
surface form: Harry Flood Byrd Sr.
givenName Harry
knownFor advocacy of pay-as-you-go fiscal policies
dominating Virginia politics in the mid-20th century
opposition to civil rights legislation
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party
militaryBranch United States Army
movement Massive Resistance
notableWork Massive Resistance strategy against school desegregation
leadership of the Byrd Organization
occupation newspaper publisher
orchardist
politician
opposed Brown v. Board of Education school desegregation
federal intervention in state affairs
owned Winchester Star
placeOfBirth Martinsburg, West Virginia
placeOfDeath Berryville, Virginia
politicalIdeology conservatism
fiscal conservatism
positionHeld Governor of Virginia
United States senator
member of the Virginia State Senate
religion Episcopalianism
represented Virginia
sexOrGender male
sibling Richard E. Byrd
spouse Anne Douglas Beverley
stateOfOrigin Virginia
termEnd as Governor of Virginia: 1930
as U.S. Senator from Virginia: 1965
termStart as Governor of Virginia: 1926
as U.S. Senator from Virginia: 1933
workLocation Richmond, Virginia
Washington, D.C.

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Harry F. Byrd Sr. fullName Harry F. Byrd Sr. self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Harry Flood Byrd Sr.
Southern Democrats notableMember Harry F. Byrd Sr.
this entity surface form: Harry F. Byrd