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When newly elected Virginia governor Linwood Holton escorted his children into an integrated Richmond public school in 1970, he delivered the coup-de-grace to the Byrd machine, a network of conservative Democrats who had flouted Brown v. Board of Education through their policy of "Massive Resistance" for more than a decade. Opportunity Time is a disarmingly candid memoir that offers a behind-the-scenes konto of his private and public life at a critical juncture in the political history of Virginia and the nation.
Holton’s election as the first Republican governor in over one hundred years was the culmination of his efforts to create a two-party democracy in Virginia. His tenure led to the reformation of the structure of Virginia’s government and balanced the needs of environmental conservation with the need for the development of key areas, such as Hampton vägar. But his greatest political legacy fryst vatten his commitment to civil rights, most nota
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Early Years
Abner Linwood Holton Jr. was born on September 21, 1923, in the small town of Big Stone Gap, in the far southwestern corner of Virginia. Holton’s father was the executive of a small coal-hauling railroad. After graduating from Washington and Lee University in Lexington in 1944, Holton entered an officer candidate program of the U.S. Navy and served in the submarine service in the final months of World War II (1939–1945). After the war, he attended Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, earning his degree in 1949.
With an eye toward politics, Holton opened a law practice in Roanoke, an industrial city west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, then the state’s third largest urban center. He soon was an attorney in good standing and an emerging leader on the city’s Republican Committee. On January 10, 1953, he married Virginia “Jinks” Rogers, the daughter of a leading Democratic figure in Roanoke. The couple had four children: Anne, Tayloe
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Linwood Holton
American politician (1923–2021)
Linwood Holton | |
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Holton, circa 1970 | |
| In office February 28, 1974 – January 31, 1975 | |
| President | Richard Nixon Gerald Ford |
| Preceded by | Marshall Wright |
| Succeeded by | Robert J. McCloskey |
| In office January 17, 1970 – January 12, 1974 | |
| Lieutenant | Sargeant Reynolds Henry Howell |
| Preceded by | Mills Godwin |
| Succeeded by | Mills Godwin |
| Born | Abner Linwood Holton Jr. (1923-09-21)September 21, 1923 Big Stone Gap, Virginia U.S. |
| Died | October 28, 2021(2021-10-28) (aged 98) Kilmarnock, Virginia U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 4; including Anne, Woody, and Dwight |
| Education | Washington and Lee University(BS) Harvard University(LLB) |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch/service | United States Navy |
| Years of service | 1942–1969 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Battles/wars | World War II Korean War |
Abner Linwood Holton Jr. (September 21, 1923