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A. Willis Robertson, the Glossary

Absalom Willis Robertson (May 27, 1887 – November 1, 1971) was an American politician from Virginia who served in public office for over 50 years.^[1]

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Democratic Party United States senators from Virginia
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Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin baccalaureus artium, baccalaureus in artibus, or artium baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines.

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Bedford County, Virginia

Bedford County is a United States county located in the Piedmont region of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Brown v. Board of Education

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality.

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Buena Vista, Virginia

Buena Vista is an independent city located in the Blue Ridge Mountains region of Virginia in the United States.

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Burr Harrison

Burr Powell Harrison (July 2, 1904 – December 29, 1973) was a Virginia lawyer, judge and Democratic politician who was a member of the Byrd Organization and served as U.S. Congressman representing Virginia's 7th congressional district (as had his father). A. Willis Robertson and Burr Harrison are Democratic Party Virginia state senators, Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia and Signatories of the Southern Manifesto.

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Byrd machine

The Byrd machine, or Byrd organization, was a political machine of the Democratic Party led by former Governor and U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd (1887–1966) that dominated Virginia politics for much of the 20th century.

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Carter Glass

Carter Glass (January 4, 1858 – May 28, 1946) was an American newspaper publisher and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia. A. Willis Robertson and Carter Glass are Democratic Party United States senators from Virginia, Democratic Party Virginia state senators and Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia.

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Civil and political rights

Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals.

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Civil Rights Act of 1957

The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was the first federal civil rights legislation passed by the United States Congress since the Civil Rights Act of 1875.

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Civil Rights Act of 1964

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark civil rights and labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin.

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Classes of United States senators

The 100 seats in the United States Senate are divided into 3 classes to determine which seats will be up for election in any 2-year cycle, with only 1 class being up for election at a time.

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College of William & Mary

The College of William & Mary in Virginia (abbreviated as W&M), is a public research university in Williamsburg, Virginia.

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Conservative coalition

The conservative coalition, founded in 1937, was an unofficial alliance of members of the United States Congress which brought together the conservative wings of the Republican and Democratic parties to oppose President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.

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Earl Gregg Swem Library

The Earl Gregg Swem Library (colloquially Swem Library) is located on Landrum Drive at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.

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Gordon P. Robertson

Gordon Perry Robertson (born June 4, 1958) is the President of the Christian Broadcasting Network, President of Operation Blessing International, and Chancellor of Regent University.

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Harry F. Byrd

Harry Flood Byrd Sr. (June 10, 1887 – October 20, 1966) was an American newspaper publisher, politician, and leader of the Democratic Party in Virginia for four decades as head of a political faction that became known as the Byrd Organization. A. Willis Robertson and Harry F. Byrd are Democratic Party United States senators from Virginia, Democratic Party Virginia state senators and Signatories of the Southern Manifesto.

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Harry F. Byrd Jr.

Harry Flood Byrd Jr. (December 20, 1914 – July 30, 2013) was an American orchardist, newspaper publisher and politician. A. Willis Robertson and Harry F. Byrd Jr. are Democratic Party United States senators from Virginia.

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J. William Fulbright

James William Fulbright (April 9, 1905 – February 9, 1995) was an American politician, academic, and statesman who represented Arkansas in the United States Senate from 1945 until his resignation in 1974. A. Willis Robertson and J. William Fulbright are Signatories of the Southern Manifesto.

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John Randolph Tucker (judge)

John Randolph Tucker (August 13, 1854 – December 18, 1926) was an American judge and Democratic politician who served as a member of the Virginia Senate. A. Willis Robertson and John Randolph Tucker (judge) are 20th-century Virginia politicians and Democratic Party Virginia state senators.

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John Sparkman

John Jackson Sparkman (December 20, 1899 – November 16, 1985) was an American jurist and politician from the state of Alabama. A. Willis Robertson and John Sparkman are Signatories of the Southern Manifesto.

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John W. Fishburne

John Wood Fishburne (March 8, 1868 – June 24, 1937) was a Virginia Congressman and cousin to Congressmen Fontaine Maury Maverick and James Luther Slayden of Texas. A. Willis Robertson and John W. Fishburne are Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia.

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Lady Bird Johnson

Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Johnson (December 22, 1912 – July 11, 2007) was the first lady of the United States from 1963 to 1969 as the wife of then president Lyndon B. Johnson. A. Willis Robertson and lady Bird Johnson are 20th-century American Episcopalians.

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Lexington, Virginia

Lexington is an independent city in Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, United States.

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List of United States representatives from Virginia

The following is a list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the Commonwealth of Virginia ordered by District number.

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List of United States senators from Virginia

Virginia has sent senators to the U.S. Senate since 1789.

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Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. A. Willis Robertson and Lyndon B. Johnson are People involved with the civil rights movement.

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Martinsburg, West Virginia

Martinsburg is a city in and the county seat of Berkeley County, West Virginia, United States.

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Oak Grove Cemetery (Lexington, Virginia)

The Oak Grove Cemetery, originally known as the Presbyterian Cemetery, is located on South Main Street in downtown Lexington, Virginia, less than a mile from the campuses of Washington and Lee University and the Virginia Military Institute.

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Pat Robertson

Marion Gordon "Pat" Robertson (March 22, 1930 – June 8, 2023) was an American media mogul, religious broadcaster, political commentator, presidential candidate, and charismatic minister.

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Pittman–Robertson Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act

The Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act of 1937, most often referred to as the Pittman–Robertson Act for its sponsors, Nevada Senator Key Pittman and Virginia Congressman Absalom Willis Robertson, is an act that imposes an 11% tax on firearms, ammunition, and archery equipment and distributes the proceeds to state governments for wildlife projects.

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Roberts v. City of Boston

Roberts v. Boston, 59 Mass. (5 Cush.) 198 (1850), was a court case seeking to end racial discrimination in Boston public schools.

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Rockbridge County, Virginia

Rockbridge County is a county in the Shenandoah Valley on the western edge of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Southern Manifesto

The Declaration of Constitutional Principles (known informally as the Southern Manifesto) was a document written in February and March 1956, during the 84th United States Congress, in opposition to racial integration of public places.

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Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States.

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Televangelism

Televangelism (from televangelist, a blend of television and ''evangelist'') and occasionally termed radio evangelism or teleministry, denotes the utilization of media platforms, notably radio and television, for the marketing of religious messages, particularly Christianity.

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Thomas G. Burch

Thomas Granville Burch (July 3, 1869March 20, 1951) was an American farmer, tobacco manufacturer, and politician from Martinsville, Virginia. A. Willis Robertson and Thomas G. Burch are Democratic Party United States senators from Virginia and Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber.

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United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress.

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United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

The United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (formerly the Committee on Banking and Currency), also known as the Senate Banking Committee, has jurisdiction over matters related to banks and banking, price controls, deposit insurance, export promotion and controls, federal monetary policy, financial aid to commerce and industry, issuance of redemption of notes, currency and coinage, public and private housing, urban development, mass transit and government contracts.

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University of Richmond

The University of Richmond (UR or U of R) is a private liberal arts college in Richmond, Virginia, United States.

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Virginia

Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

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Virginia General Assembly

The Virginia General Assembly is the legislative body of the Commonwealth of Virginia, the oldest continuous law-making body in the Western Hemisphere, and the first elected legislative assembly in the New World.

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Virginia Senate

The Senate of Virginia is the upper house of the Virginia General Assembly.

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Virginia's 22nd Senate district

Virginia's 22nd Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Senate of Virginia.

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Virginia's 7th congressional district

Virginia's seventh congressional district is a United States congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Virginia's at-large congressional seat

After the 1880 census, a tenth seat in the United States House of Representatives was added to Virginia's nine districts.

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting.

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William Spong Jr.

William Belser Spong Jr. (September 29, 1920October 8, 1997) was an American Democratic Party politician and a United States Senator who represented the state of Virginia from 1966 to 1973. A. Willis Robertson and William Spong Jr. are 20th-century Virginia politicians, Democratic Party United States senators from Virginia and Democratic Party Virginia state senators.

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William T. Paxton

William Thomas Paxton (August 3, 1869 – June 19, 1942) was an American Democratic politician who served as a member of the Virginia Senate from 1914 to 1916. A. Willis Robertson and William T. Paxton are 20th-century Virginia politicians and Democratic Party Virginia state senators.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._Willis_Robertson

Also known as Absalom Robertson, Absalom W. Robertson, Absalom Willis Robertson, Willis Robertson.

, William T. Paxton, World War I, 1946 United States Senate special election in Virginia, 1948 United States Senate election in Virginia, 1954 United States Senate election in Virginia, 1960 United States Senate election in Virginia.

A. Willis Robertson, the Glossary

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Democratic Party United States senators from Virginia

People involved with the civil rights movement

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