|
Senate Years of Service: 1965-1971; 1971-1983 Party: Democrat; Independent
BYRD, Harry Flood, Jr., (son of Harry Flood Byrd, Sr.),
a Senator from Virginia; born in Winchester, Va., December 20, 1914;
educated at Virginia Military Institute and the University of Virginia;
newspaper editor and fruit grower; member of Democratic State central committee
1940-1965; during the Second World War, served in the United States Naval
Reserve as a lieutenant commander; member, State senate 1948-1965; appointed on
November 12, 1965, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of his father, Harry Flood Byrd, Sr., and was
subsequently elected in a special election on November 8, 1966, to fill the
unexpired term ending January 3, 1971; reelected as an Independent in 1970 and
in 1976, and served from November 12, 1965, to January 2, 1983; was not a
candidate for reelection in 1982; is a resident of Winchester, Va.
BibliographyByrd, Harry F., Jr.
Double Trouble: Vignettes from a Life of Politics and
Newspapering. Harrisonburg, Virg.: R.R. Donnelley & Sons, 2007;
Byrd, Harry F., Jr. The Limitations of Detente. In
Trends in U.S.-Soviet Military Power, pp. 7-12. Washington:
ACU Education and Research Institute, 1977; Hatch, Alden.
The Byrds of Virginia. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston,
1969.
|