HIUS 390 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Byrd Organization, Herbert Hoover, Carter Glass
12 Feb 2019
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Virginia was dominated by the democratic party, or a political machine (politicians cotrol everything that goes on: machine politics, harry byrd, and the great depression. A) machine politics was not all bad, but expected loyalty in return for the duties that it served. 1915 elected state senator at age 28, 10 years: became party chairman of democrats. 1935 elected governor before age 40: mid-1920s to mid-19-60s nothing happened in va (politically) without the support of byrd, democratic votes across the board, with a few exceptions. 1928 presidential election: al smith vs. herbert hoover, byrd puts democratic party behind republican candidate (hoover) 2) amendments to the state constitution reduced the number of elected officials (from 10 to 3), gives governor authority the power to remove governemnt agencies that were inefficient. 700,000 blacks roughly 1/3 of high schools should have been for black students under the. C) great depression in virginia 1929 triggers the worst economic downturn in american history (25% of.
