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unusual facts about Harry Byrd, Sr.



E. Harold Munn

Harry Byrd/Strom Thurmond/Barry Goldwater (I) - 15 electoral votes (unpledged electors from Mississippi, half of unpledged electors from Alabama and faithless elector from Oklahoma; Thurmond won 14 electoral votes for V.P., Goldwater one. Byrd all 15 for President)

Frank S. Tavenner, Jr.

In 1938, he along with A.C. Buchanan were the choices of Virginia Senators Carter Glass and Harry Byrd, Sr., to a vacancy on the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, to which Franklin D. Roosevelt named instead Floyd H. Roberts.

Harry Byrd

Curley Byrd (1889–1970), U.S. politician, university president, multi-sport athlete and coach

Harry F. Byrd, Jr. (1914–2013), U.S. politician, son of Harry F. Byrd, Sr.

Hawksbill Mountain

Byrd's Nest No. 2, one of a series of shelters built in the park by Senator Harry Byrd, is nearby.


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