Albertis Harrison

Albertis Harrison
Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia
In office
October 23, 1968 – December 31, 1981
Preceded byClaude V. Spratley
Succeeded byCharles S. Russell
59th Governor of Virginia
In office
January 13, 1962 – January 15, 1966
LieutenantMills Godwin
Preceded byJ. Lindsay Almond
Succeeded byMills Godwin
28th Attorney General of Virginia
In office
January 13, 1958 – April 20, 1961
GovernorJ. Lindsay Almond
Preceded byKenneth Patty
Succeeded byFrederick T. Gray
Member of the Virginia Senate
from the 7th district
In office
January 14, 1948 – January 8, 1958
Preceded byY. Melvin Hodges
Succeeded byJoseph C. Hutcheson
Personal details
Born
Albertis Sydney Harrison Jr.

( 1907 -01-11)January 11, 1907
Alberta, Virginia, U.S.
DiedJanuary 23, 1995(1995-01-23) (aged 88)
Lawrenceville, Virginia, U.S.
Resting placeOakwood Cemetery, Lawrenceville
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseLacey Virginia Barkley[1]
Alma materUniversity of Virginia (LL.B.)
ProfessionLawyer
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Navy
UnitU.S. Naval Reserve
Battles/warsWorld War II

Albertis Sydney Harrison Jr. (January 11, 1907 – January 23, 1995) was an American politician and jurist. A member of the Democratic Party associated with Virginia's Byrd Organization, he was the 59th Governor of Virginia in 1962–66, and the first governor of Virginia to have been born in the 20th century.[2]

  1. ^ "Virginia Governor Albertis S. Harrison Jr". National Governors Association. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
  2. ^ Saxon, Wolfgang (1995-01-25). "Albertis S. Harrison Jr., 88, Dies; Led Virginia as Segregation Fell". New York Times. Retrieved 2012-07-04.

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