Papers : relating to the Virginia Commission on Constitutional Government, 1958-1970.

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Papers : relating to the Virginia Commission on Constitutional Government, 1958-1970.

The collection includes minutes of meetings, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, reports, speeches, and correspondence with Alfred Avins, Harry Flood Byrd, Mills Edwin Godwin, Absalom Willis Robertson, William Munford Tuck, and others concerning the Virginia Commission on Constitutional Government.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7290762

Virginia Historical Society Library

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Virginia

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Mays, David John, 1896-1971

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Utah History Fair project. From the description of The SLG&W Railway. (Utah Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122700407 Richmond, Va., lawyer and author; d. 1971. From the description of Papers : relating to the publication of his book, Edmund Pendleton, 1721-1803, a biography, 1950-1954. (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 30372695 From the description of Papers : relating to the proposed merger of Henrico County and Ri...

Virginia. Commission on Constitutional Government

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Byrd, Harry F. (Harry Flood), 1887-1966

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Theodore Roosevelt Dalton was born 3 July 1901 in Carroll County, Virginia, the son of Currell and Lodoska Maritn Dalton. he received his B.A. from the College of William and Mary as well as his law degree. Dalton was Commonwealth's Attorney for Radford, Virginia and state senator from 1944-1960. He was the Republican Party candidate for governor in 1953 and 1957. Dalton was appointed federal judge for the Western District of Virginia. His adopted son was John N. Dalton who served as governor of...

Robertson, A. Willis (Absalom Willis), 1887-1971

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U.S. Senator from Virginia. From the description of Letter to Dr. Harry J. Warthen, Jr., 1956 January 2. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32959530 Robertson was a senator from Virginia (1946-1966). His son, Marion Gordon "Pat" Robertson, is an alumnus of Washington and Lee University, Class of 1950 and a well-known minister and televangelist in Virginia. From the description of Family photographs, ca. 1930-1940. (Washington & Lee University). Wor...

Tuck, William M. (William Munford), 1896-1983

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William Munford Tuck was born 28 September 1896 in Halifax County, Virginia, to William Robert James Tuck (1863-1930) and Virginia Susan Fitts Tuck (1860-1909). He was the grandson of the William Munford Tuck (1832-1899) of the biographical sketch he wrote. Tuck attended the College of William and Mary, but left to enlist in the United States Marine Corps during World War I. After the War he returned to Virginia and graduated from Washington and Lee University. He returned to Halifax County and ...

Godwin, Mills E. (Mills Edwin), 1914-1999

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Mills Edwin Godwin, Jr. was born 19 November 1914 in Nansemond County, Va. He graduated from the College of William and Mary and received his law degree from the University of Virginia. Godwin married Katherine Thomas Beale. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates, the Virginia State Senate, as lieutenant governor and and as governor for two terms. Godwin switched from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party between his two gubernatorial terms. He doubled aid for education, began the c...

Avins, Alfred

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