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Politician members in West Virginia

Harry Flood Byrd (1887-1966) — also known as Harry F. Byrd — of Winchester, Va.; Berryville, Clarke County, Va. Born in Martinsburg, Berkeley County, W.Va., June 10, 1887. Newspaper publisher; fruit farmer; member of Virginia state senate, 1915-25 (10th District 1915-23, 26th District 1924-25); Virginia Democratic state chair, 1922-25; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1924, 1928, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956; Governor of Virginia, 1926-30; member of Democratic National Committee from Virginia, 1928-40; Vice-Chair of Democratic National Committee, 1929; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1932, 1944; U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1933-65; candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1944; Christian Nationalist candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1952; States Rights candidate for President of the United States, 1956; received 15 electoral votes for President, 1960. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Moose; United Commercial Travelers; Grange. Died in Berryville, Clarke County, Va., October 20, 1966 (age 79 years, 132 days). Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va.   Relatives: Son of Richard Evelyn Byrd (1860-1925) and Eleanor Bolling (Flood) Byrd; brother of Richard Evelyn Byrd (1888-1957; polar explorer); married, October 7, 1913, to Anne Douglas Beverley; father of Harry Flood Byrd Jr.; half-nephew of Joel West Flood; nephew of Henry De La Warr Flood; grandson of Joel Walker Flood; second great-grandnephew of Charles Willing Byrd; third great-grandson of William Byrd III; first cousin four times removed of Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell; first cousin five times removed of Benjamin Harrison, Robert Carter Nicholas (1729-1780) and William Fitzhugh; second cousin thrice removed of William Lewis Cabell and George Craighead Cabell; second cousin four times removed of George Nicholas, Carter Bassett Harrison, Wilson Cary Nicholas, John Nicholas, William Henry Harrison and John Robertson; second cousin five times removed of John Randolph of Roanoke; third cousin once removed of Connally Findlay Trigg; third cousin twice removed of Benjamin Earl Cabell; third cousin thrice removed of Peyton Randolph, Robert Carter Nicholas (1787-1857) and John Scott Harrison; fourth cousin once removed of Carter Henry Harrison II and Earle Cabell.   Political families: Cabell-Breckinridge family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardson family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Time Magazine, August 17, 1962   William T. Milleson (b. 1907) — of Springfield, Hampshire County, W.Va. Born in Springfield, Hampshire County, W.Va., September 16, 1907. Democrat. Farmer; aviator; director, First National Bank of Romney; member of West Virginia state house of delegates, 1937-42, 1975-80 (Hampshire County 1937-42, 34th District 1975-80). Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Grange; Theta Chi; Alpha Zeta; Ruritan; Lions; Farm Bureau. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Silas Milleson and Susie French (Taylor) Milleson; married, December 26, 1940, to Avery Heiskel Pancake.   Callie Tsapis (1923-2003) — of Chester, Hancock County, W.Va.; Weirton, Hancock County, W.Va. Born in Weirton, Hancock County, W.Va., April 26, 1923. Democrat. Lawyer; member of West Virginia Democratic State Executive Committee, 1957-61; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Hancock County, 1959-64, 1967-68; elected circuit judge in West Virginia for the 1st Judicial Circuit 1972. Female. Eastern Orthodox. Greek ancestry. Member, Grange; American Bar Association. Died June 12, 2003 (age 80 years, 47 days). Burial location unknown.   Hu Swisher Vandervort (1886-1971) — also known as H. S. Vandervort — of Monongalia County, W.Va. Born near Morgantown, Monongalia County, W.Va., July 23, 1886. Republican. County agricultural extension agent; president and general manager, Sanitary Milk and Ice Cream Company; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Monongalia County, 1927-32; bank director; member, Board of Directors, Monongalia General Hospital, 1943-71. Methodist. Member, Grange; Freemasons; Shriners; Odd Fellows; Kiwanis; Kappa Alpha Order. Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Fla., February 28, 1971 (age 84 years, 220 days). Interment at East Oak Grove Cemetery, Morgantown, W.Va.   Relatives: Son of Virgil A. Vandervort and Mary Isabelle (Swisher) Vandervort; married to Lydia Lucille Moore; married 1929 to Freda Marie Tutwiler.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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