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William M. Tuck, the Glossary

William Munford Tuck (September 28, 1896 – June 9, 1983) was an American lawyer and lieutenant in the Byrd Organization, who served as the 55th Governor of Virginia from 1946 to 1950 as a Democrat, and as a U.S. Congressman from 1953 until 1969.^[1]

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Democratic Party governors of Virginia
Governors of Virginia
Lieutenant Governors of Virginia
Members of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Virginia Dixiecrats

American Civil War

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.

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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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Buckshoal Farm

Buckshoal Farm is a property along with a historic home located near Omega, Halifax County, Virginia.

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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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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 1960

The Civil Rights Act of 1960 is a United States federal law that established federal inspection of local voter registration polls and introduced penalties for anyone who obstructed someone's attempt to register to vote.

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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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Civil Rights Act of 1968

The Civil Rights Act of 1968 is a landmark law in the United States signed into law by United States President Lyndon B. Johnson during the King assassination riots.

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Colgate Darden

Colgate Whitehead Darden Jr. (February 11, 1897 – June 9, 1981) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician aligned with the Byrd Organization who served as U.S. Representative from Virginia (1933–37, 1939–41), the 54th Governor of Virginia (1942–46), Chancellor of the College of William and Mary (1946–47), and the third President of the University of Virginia (1947–59). William M. Tuck and Colgate Darden are Democratic Party governors of Virginia, Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia, Democratic Party members of the Virginia House of Delegates, United States Marine Corps personnel of World War I and Virginia lawyers.

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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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Congressional Record

The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress, published by the United States Government Publishing Office and issued when Congress is in session.

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Dan Daniel (politician)

Wilbur Clarence "Dan" Daniel (May 12, 1914 – January 23, 1988) was a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia, serving ten terms from 1969 until his death from a heart attack in Charlottesville in 1988. William M. Tuck and Dan Daniel (politician) are Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia and Democratic Party members of the Virginia House of Delegates.

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Democratic National Convention

The Democratic National Convention (DNC) is a series of presidential nominating conventions held every four years since 1832 by the United States Democratic Party.

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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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Dixiecrat

The States' Rights Democratic Party (whose members are often called the Dixiecrats), also colloquially referred to as the Dixiecrat Party was a short-lived segregationist political party in the United States, active primarily in the South.

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Dominion Energy

Dominion Energy, Inc., commonly referred to as Dominion, is an American energy company headquartered in Richmond, Virginia that supplies electricity in parts of Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina and supplies natural gas to parts of Utah, Idaho and Wyoming, West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.

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Fair Employment Practice Committee

The Fair Employment Practice Committee (FEPC) was created in 1941 in the United States to implement Executive Order 8802 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt "banning discriminatory employment practices by Federal agencies and all unions and companies engaged in war-related work.", Our Documents, Executive Order 8802 dated June 25, 1941, General Records of the United States Government; Record Group 11; National Archives That was shortly before the United States entered World War II.

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Governor of Virginia

The governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia serves as the head of government of Virginia for a four-year term.

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Halifax County, Virginia

Halifax County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Hargrave Military Academy

Hargrave Military Academy (HMA) is a private, all-male, military boarding school located in the town of Chatham, Virginia.

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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. William M. Tuck and Harry F. Byrd are Democratic Party governors of Virginia and Signatories of the Southern Manifesto.

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Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. William M. Tuck and Harry S. Truman are American anti-communists, members of Sons of Confederate Veterans and members of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

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Howard Carwile

Howard Hearnes Carwile (November 14, 1911 – June 6, 1987) was an American lawyer and politician. William M. Tuck and Howard Carwile are Virginia lawyers.

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John S. Battle

John Stewart Battle (July 11, 1890 – April 9, 1972) was an American lawyer and politician who served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly and as the 56th Governor of Virginia (from 1950 to 1954). William M. Tuck and John S. Battle are Democratic Party governors of Virginia, Democratic Party members of the Virginia House of Delegates and Virginia lawyers.

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Lawyer

A lawyer is a person who practices law.

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Lewis Preston Collins II

Lewis Preston "Pat" Collins II (December 25, 1896 – September 20, 1952) served as the 26th Lieutenant Governor of Virginia from 1946 until his sudden death in office in 1952. William M. Tuck and Lewis Preston Collins II are lieutenant Governors of Virginia, Virginia lawyers and Washington and Lee University School of Law alumni.

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Library of Virginia

The Library of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia, is the library agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Lieutenant Governor of Virginia

The lieutenant governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia is a constitutional officer of the Commonwealth of Virginia. William M. Tuck and lieutenant Governor of Virginia are lieutenant Governors of Virginia.

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List of governors of Virginia

The governor of Virginia is the state's head of government and commander-in-chief of the state's official national guard. William M. Tuck and List of governors of Virginia are governors of Virginia.

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List of Virginia state parks

This is a list of state parks and reserves in the Virginia state park system.

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Massive resistance

Massive resistance was a strategy declared by U.S. senator Harry F. Byrd Sr. of Virginia and his son Harry Jr.'s brother-in-law, James M. Thomson, who represented Alexandria in the Virginia General Assembly, to get the state's white politicians to pass laws and policies to prevent public school desegregation, particularly after Brown v.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value".

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New Deal

The New Deal was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States between 1933 and 1938 to rescue the U.S. from the Great Depression.

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Northumberland County, Virginia

Northumberland County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Right-to-work law

In the context of labor law in the United States, the term right-to-work laws refers to state laws that prohibit union security agreements between employers and labor unions.

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Robert J. Tuck

Robert James Tuck (November 23, 1863 – October 2, 1930) was an American Democratic politician who served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, representing Halifax County for one term, from 1899 to 1901. William M. Tuck and Robert J. Tuck are Democratic Party members of the Virginia House of Delegates.

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S. Floyd Landreth

Sydney Floyd Landreth (March 27, 1885 – October 2, 1977) was an American lawyer, banker and Republican politician from Galax, Virginia who represented the 14th state senatorial district for two decades.

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Saxon W. Holt

Saxon Winston Holt (March 25, 1871 – March 31, 1940), a Democrat, served as a member of the Virginia Senate and as the 24th Lieutenant Governor of Virginia from 1938 until 1940. William M. Tuck and Saxon W. Holt are lieutenant Governors of Virginia.

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South Boston, Virginia

South Boston, formerly Boyd's Ferry, is a town in Halifax County, Virginia, United States.

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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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Stanley Plan

The Stanley Plan was a package of 13 statutes adopted in September 1956 by the U.S. state of Virginia.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.

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Thomas B. Stanley

Thomas Bahnson Stanley (July 16, 1890 – July 10, 1970) was an American politician, furniture manufacturer and Holstein cattle breeder. William M. Tuck and Thomas B. Stanley are Democratic Party governors of Virginia and Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia.

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Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Twenty-fourth Amendment (Amendment XXIV) to the United States Constitution prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax.

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United States Government Publishing Office

The United States Government Publishing Office (USGPO or GPO), formerly the United States Government Printing Office, is an agency of the legislative branch of the United States Federal government.

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United States Marine Corps

The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combined arms, implementing its own infantry, artillery, aerial, and special operations forces.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_M._Tuck

Also known as William Munford Tuck.

, Virginia's 10th Senate district, Virginia's 5th congressional district, Voting Rights Act of 1965, Washington and Lee University, Washington and Lee University School of Law, Water pollution, World War I, 1945 Virginia gubernatorial election.

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See also

Democratic Party governors of Virginia

Governors of Virginia

Lieutenant Governors of Virginia

Members of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks

Virginia Dixiecrats

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