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Linwood Holton (1971) Abner Linwood Holton Jr. (* 21. September 1923 in Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Virginia; † 28. Oktober 2021 in Kilmarnock, Virginia [1]) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker. Er war von 1970 bis 1974 Gouverneur des Bundesstaates Virginia .
Linwood Holton. Abner Linwood Holton Jr. (September 21, 1923 – October 28, 2021) was an American politician and attorney. He served as the 61st governor of Virginia, from 1970 to 1974, and was the first elected Republican governor of Virginia of the 20th century. [1] He was known for supporting civil rights, integration, and public investment.
1. Nov. 2021 · Nov. 1, 2021. A. Linwood Holton Jr., who as Virginia’s first Republican governor in nearly a century knocked loose the stranglehold of white supremacy on the state, cleaned up its waterways and ...
28. Nov. 2022 · A. Linwood Holton was a governor of Virginia (1970–1974) and the first Republican to hold the office since Reconstruction (1865–1877). Hailing from Big Stone Gap in southwest Virginia, Holton was among the “Mountain and Valley” Republicans who began to gain statewide support in the 1950s in opposition to the Byrd Organization and in support of public school desegregation.
28. Okt. 2021 · A. Linwood Holton Jr., the reformist Virginia governor best remembered for racially integrating the state’s public schools with the dramatic gesture of accompanying his daughter to a ...
29. Okt. 2021 · Former Republican Virginia Gov. A. Linwood Holton Jr., an anti-segregationist and the state’s first GOP governor to be elected post-Reconstruction, has died, according to a tweet from his son-in ...
29. Okt. 2021 · By Sarah Rankin. Published 5:32 PM PDT, October 28, 2021. RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A. Linwood Holton Jr., Virginia’s first Republican governor since Reconstruction and a crusader against racial discrimination, died Thursday. He was 98. Holton, who served from 1970 to 1974, declared an end to “Massive Resistance,” Virginia’s institutional ...
