Papers of John Warren Cooke [manuscript], 1941-1973.

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Papers of John Warren Cooke [manuscript], 1941-1973.

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The collection consists solely of Cooke's political papers as member of the Virginia House of Delegates and chairman of the Mathews County Democratic Party. Much of the correspondence deals with patronage and issues of concern to his constituents, particularly roads and bridges, education, the oyster and fishing industries, the sales tax and local option. Correspondence and other materials are present from a variety of committees and commissions on which he served, including the General Assembly's Registration Commission, the Privileges and Elections Committee, the Commission on Fisheries, the Commission on Redistricting, and the Commission to Study State and Local Revenues and Expenditures and Related Matters (Tax Study). Also present are correspondence and other materials from the Potomac River Commission and the Virginia Advisory Legislative Council's Committee for Private Care of the Mentally Ill and Committee on Sexual Sterilization. Petitions, letters of support and other campaign materials are also present from his election campaigns, 1941-1969. Papers from the Democratic Party, Virginia, State Central Committee and the Mathews County, Virginia, Democratic Committee are concerned with the regulation of local elections and party organization, and contain a party policy statement, 1960, a party organization plan, 1970, and papers from the 1972 state convention. A small group of papers from his tenure as Mathews County Civil Defense director are also included. Correspondents include J. Lindsay Almond, Harry Flood Byrd, Virginius Dabney, Colgate W. Darden, Thomas Helms Downing, John Hannah Daniel, Mills E. Godwin, A. Linwood Holton, Andrew P. Miller, Thomas B. Stanley, and William M. Tuck.

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Cooke, John Warren, 1915-

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Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates. From the description of Papers of John Warren Cooke, 1972-1979 [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647827905 ...

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...

Virginia. General Assembly. Privileges and Elections Committee.

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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 ...

Daniel, John Hannah, 1896-1972,

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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...

Stanley, Thomas B. (Thomas Bahnson), 1890-1970

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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...

Virginia. Commission to Study State and Local Revenues and Expenditures.

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Democratic Party (Mathews County, Va.)

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Almond, J. Lindsay (James Lindsay), 1898-1986

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Lawyer, of Roanoke and Richmond, Va.; Roanoke City Hustings Court judge; member, U.S. House of Representatives, 1945-1948; Attorney General of Virginia, 1948-1957; Governor of Virginia, 1959-1962; judge, U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1963-1986. From the description of Papers, 1850-1987. (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 33953204 Theodore Roosevelt Dalton was born 3 July 1901 in Carroll County, Virginia, the son of Currell and Lodoska Mari...

Virginia Advisory Legislative Council. Committee on Sexual Sterilization.

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Miller, Andrew P. (Andrew Pickens), 1932-

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Darden, Colgate W. (Colgate Whitehead), 1897-1981

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President of the University of Virginia, 1947-1959; former Governor of Virginia; Lawyer; Farmer; Teacher; Businessman; United States House of Representatives; member of the United States Delegation to the U.N. during the Eisenhower Administration. From the description of Oral history interview of Colgate W. Darden by Ann L. S. Southwell and Michael F. Plunkett [manuscript], [1972?]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647920804 University of Virginia president, Gov...

Downing, Thomas N.

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Downing represented the first district of Virginia in the 86th through 94th Congresses; served on several House committees including the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries and its Subcommittee on Merchant Marine; and served on the board of directors for the Mariners Museum since 1979. From the description of Papers : of Thomas N. Downing, 1959-1976. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 30820802 Thomas N. Downing served Virginia's First Dis...

Holton, A. Linwood (Abner Linwood), 1923-

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Governor of Virginia (1970-1974) and Assistant Secretary and State (1974-1975). From the description of Papers, 1971 June 1-1975 February. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122555841 Abner Linwood Holton was born 21 September 1923 in Roanoke, Virginia, to Abner Linwood Holton and Edith Van Gorder Holton. He attended local schools, then received his B.A. from Washington and Lee University in 1944. Holton served in the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946. He then attended Harvar...

Democratic Party (Va.). State Convention (1972)

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Potomac River Fisheries Commission

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Virginia. General Assembly. Registration Commission.

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Virginia. Commission of Fisheries

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Dabney, Virginius, 1901-1995

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Newspaper editor. From the description of Reminiscences of Virginius Dabney : oral history, 1975. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122513091 Virginia newspaper editor and author. From the description of Papers of Virginius Dabney [manuscript], 1926-1987. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647806495 From the description of Papers, 1926-1987. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32958583 Editor...