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Virginia's Senate seats were again filled from January 1870. Virginia's current senators are Democrats Mark Warner and Tim Kaine. Harry F. Byrd was Virginia's longest-serving senator (1933–1965). Both incumbent senators were previously served as Governor of Virginia from 2002 to 2010.
Byrd served as Virginia's governor from 1926 until 1930, then represented the state as a U.S. senator from 1933 until 1965 and is the longest serving Senator from Virginia with his tenure lasting for over 32 years and 8 months.
Robert Carlyle Byrd (born Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr.; November 20, 1917 – June 28, 2010) was an American politician and musician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia for over 51 years, from 1959 until his death in 2010.
United States Senate portrait of Robert C. Byrd, circa 2003.. United States Senator Robert Byrd (November 20, 1917 – June 28, 2010) represented the U.S. state of West Virginia as a Democrat in the United States Senate.
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Senator Byrd may refer to: Adam M. Byrd (1859–1912), Mississippi State Senate; Harriet Elizabeth Byrd (1926–2015), Wyoming State Senate; Harry F. Byrd Jr. (1914–2013), U.S. Senator from Virginia from 1965 to 1983; Harry F. Byrd (1887–1966), U.S. Senator from Virginia from 1933 to 1965; Richard C. Byrd (1805–1854), Arkansas State Senate
During this time, he also served as chairman of the Democratic Party of Virginia from 1980 until 1982. [1] Pickett was considered the unopposed favorite for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate in 1982 to run for the seat of retiring Democratic-turned-independent U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr.
If short-term rental regulations are to loosen in Virginia Beach, it will come down to a court decision, not a vote by this year’s General Assembly, says Sen. Bill DeSteph, who withdrew Monday a ...