Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1978

Publication Title

Virginia Magazine of History and Biography

Volume

86

Issue

2

Pages

180-195

Abstract

When Senator Harry F. Byrd, longtime opponent of the policies of Presidents Roosevelt and Truman, decided to support Republican candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower for the Presidency in 1952, he weakened the Democratic Party in Virginia and set off a political revolt in that state that lasted for a quarter century. Based on newspaper accounts and on primary material in the University of Virginia; 40 notes.

Original Publication Citation

Sweeney, J.R. (1978). Revolt in Virginia: Harry Byrd and the 1952 presidential election. Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, 86(2), 180-195.

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