“If Virginia surrenders on this issue, she will go down in history as an example of supine submission.”

— Harry F. Byrd

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About Harry F. Byrd

Politician • American

Harry Flood Byrd Sr. was a prominent American newspaper publisher, politician, and leader of the Democratic Party in Virginia for four decades. He served as the 50th Governor of Virginia from 1926 to 1930 and then as a...

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