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Harry Flood Byrd (1887-1966) was the most powerful political
leader in twentieth- century Virginia. He served as governor
from 1926 to 1930 and as a United States senator from 1933 to
1965. Byrd's political organization and pay-as-you-go
philosophy kept taxes and public spending low in order to make
Virginia attractive to business and industrial investors, but as
a consequence road construction and support for public education
and public health programs remained below national standards.
For three decades Byrd's political allies dominated politics
in the state. The Byrd organization collapsed following his
death and the disastrous attempt by means of Massive Resistance
to obstruct federal court orders in the 1950s and 1960s to
desegregate the state's public schools. |
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Harry Flood Byrd. Photograph.
The Library of Virginia.
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Virginia
Cavalcade, Summer 1975
Virginia
Cavalcade, Winter 1983 |
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