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BYRD, Harry Flood, Jr. (1914-2013)
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BYRD, HARRY FLOOD, JR., (son of Harry Flood Byrd, Sr.), a Senator from Virginia; born in Winchester, Va., December 20, 1914; educated at Virginia Military Institute and the University of Virginia; newspaper editor and fruit grower; member of Democratic State central committee 1940-1965; during the Second World War, served in the United States Naval Reserve as a lieutenant commander; member, State senate 1948-1965; appointed on November 12, 1965, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of his father, Harry Flood Byrd, Sr., and was subsequently elected in a special election on November 8, 1966, to fill the unexpired term ending January 3, 1971; reelected as an Independent in 1970 and in 1976, and served from November 12, 1965, to January 2, 1983; was not a candidate for reelection in 1982; was a resident of Winchester, Va., until his death on July 30, 2013; interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va..

Broadcast Pioneers Library
University of Maryland Hornbake Library
College Park, MD
Papers: 4 audiotapes (1973-1974) in Westinghouse Broadcasting Company collection, 1945-1981.
Cornell University
Rare Books and Manuscript Collections
Ithaca, NY
Papers: Correspondence in New York State Farm Bureau Federation records, 1918-1968. Finding aid.
Gerald R. Ford Library
Ann Arbor, MI
Papers: 1974-1977. Correspondence and briefing papers. Finding aid.
University of Georgia
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
Athens, GA
Oral History: 1971. 8 pages. Limited to reminiscences of Russell.
University of Virginia
Alderman Library
Charlottesville, VA
Papers: 1954-1982. 3690 feet. Chiefly pertain to his years of Senate service including personal papers, speeches, legislative files, administrative files, transitional files from the beginning of his Senate career, publicity files, public activity files, cassette tapes, printed material, memorabilia, and photographs. Topics include armed services, committee work, Byrd amendment concerning judge tenure, Supreme Court, energy policy, New York City bailout, Arab-Israeli War, Central America, Panama Canal treaty, Soviet Union, Vietnam War, Taft-Hartley Act, political affairs, federal tax reform, Virginia affairs, and Watergate. Some restrictions apply.
Additional Papers: In Lewis Preston Collins papers, 1862-1952 (bulk 1918-1952); D. Lathan Mims papers, 1960-1982; Hugh Scott papers, 1925-1983; Robert H. Angell papers, 1896-1981; Woodford McClellan papers, 1969-1978 (bulk 1972-1978); Lloyd Campbell Bird papers, 1918-1972; Everett Randolph Combs papers, 1932-1957; Edward Griffith Dodson papers, 1871-1969; Charles Rogers Fenwick papers, 1934-1969; and Stuart E. Brown papers, 1946-1978 (bulk 1953-1972).
Virginia Commonwealth University
James Branch Cabell Library
Richmond, VA
Papers: Biographical account of the Byrd family from William Byrd I to Harry F. Byrd, Jr., in Alden Hatch papers, 1966-1969. Finding aid.
Virginia Historical Society
Richmond, VA
Papers: Numerous items in various collections including James Louis Doherty papers, 1969-1972. Finding aid.
Research Libraries Information Network In addition to the institutions listed above, items are also cataloged in collections at: Cornell University Libraries, Ithaca, NY; and Radcliffe College, Schlesinger Library, Cambridge, MA.

  • Byrd, Harry F., Jr. Double Trouble: Vignettes from a Life of Politics and Newspapering. Harrisonburg, Virg.: R.R. Donnelley & Sons, 2007.
  • ___. "The Limitations of Detente.'' In Trends in U.S.-Soviet Military Power, pp. 7-12. Washington: ACU Education and Research Institute, 1977.
  • Hatch, Alden. The Byrds of Virginia. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1969.