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Virginia Delegation to the 1940 Democratic National Convention Delegates (may be incomplete!) At-Large: Josephine A. Almond, Roanoke - Thomas G. Burch, Martinsville - Harry F. Byrd, Berryville - E. R. Combs, Richmond - Carter Glass, Lynchburg - J. Murray Hooker, Stuart - Mrs. Page Morton - James H. Price 1st District: Rodney M. Coggin, Warsaw - George P. DeHardit, Gloucester Courthouse - Charles E. Ford, Newport News - W. Marshall King, Fredericksburg - Otto Lowe, Cape Charles - Marvin Minter, Mathews - Douglas Mitchell, Walkerton - Fred Skinner, Newport News 2nd District: R. D. Powers, Jr., Portsmouth - W. S. Rodgers, Jr., Norfolk - S. Heith Tyler, Norfolk - Joseph D. Wood, Norfolk 3rd District: Archie C. Berkeley, Richmond - Overton Dennis, Richmond - Ashton Dovell, Williamsburg - T. Nelson Parker, Richmond - C. Alwyn Perkinson, Richmond - John J. Wicker, Jr., Richmond 4th District: Patrick H. Drewry, Petersburg - D. Lane Elder, Hopewell - Charles T. Moses, Appomattox - Shelton H. Short, Jr., Chase City 5th District: Marshall B. Booker, Halifax - David K. E. Bruce, Charlotte Court House - Frank P. Burton, Stuart - Robert L. Nelson, Galax - Peter Saunders, Richmond - Robert C. Vaden, Gretna 6th District: S. P. Brawley, Altavista - Mrs. E. M. H. Friend, Covington - Carter Glass, Jr., Lynchburg - Joe Hebert, Lynchburg - R. S. Hopkins, Radford - Sydney F. Small, Roanoke 7th District: W. K. Allen, Amherst - Curry Carter, Staunton - Louis Spilman - Aubrey G. Weaver, Front Royal 8th District: C. C. Cloe, Triangle - W. T. Detter, Charlottesville - Hubert Phipps, Warrenton - Mrs. George Sloane, Warrenton 9th District: L. Preston Collins, Marion - T. McCall Frazier, Richmond - Macon M. Long, St. Paul - G. B. Seitzer, Pennington Gap Alternates (may be incomplete!) At-Large: Mrs. John I. Bryan, Norfolk - Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Winchester - Raymond R. Guest, Front Royal - John Neff, Staunton - Nina Gore Olds, Fairfax - Thomas W. Ozlin, Richmond - Edith S. Sands, Middleburg - William M. Tuck 2nd District: Willis Cohoon, Suffolk - Harry B. David, Norfolk - C. H. Hughes, South Norfolk - M. P. Sebrell, Courtland 3rd District: A. A. Harvey, Laurel - Bertha Judd, Richmond - Thomas E. Parrish, Richmond - Clyde H. Ratcliffe, Richmond - Edwin Saunders, Richmond - D. Nelson Sutton, West Point 4th District: Frank Bedinger, Boydton - Marion E. Blanton, Tamworth - Marvin Gray, Wakefield - Isham T. Wilkinson, Kenbridge 5th District: Henry L. Byrd, Martinsville - T. J. George, Stuart - W. C. Thomas, Wytheville - John Thorpe, Fries - Tucker C. Watkins, South Boston - C. Stuart Wheatley, Danville 6th District: W. N. Breckinridge, Fincastle - Virgil Grow, Jr., Roanoke - Robert S. Lancaster, Floyd - Mrs. Robert E. Robertson - W. R. Saunders, Roanoke - George Via, Roanoke 7th District: James W. Fletcher, Sperryville - J. Frank Forsyth, Front Royal - Mrs. Lawrence H. Hoover, Harrisonburg - Mrs. Cabell Robertson, Amherst 8th District: G. R. Booker, Madison - John W. Ferguson, Clifton Station - Daniel Porter, Orange - L. Gordon White, Scottsville 9th District: Graham Morrison - Mrs. P. M. Shumate, Pearisburg - Vernon C. Smith, Grundy - R. F. Thornhill, Pulaski

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