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John S. Barbour, Jr.
U.S. Congressperson
1820 – 1892
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Who was John S. Barbour, Jr.?
John Strode Barbour, Jr. was a Representative and a Senator from Virginia. He is best remembered for taking power in Virginia from the short-lived Readjuster Party in the late 1880s, forming the first political machine of "Conservative Democrats", whose power was to last 80 years until the demise of the Byrd Organization in the late 1960s.
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- Born
- Dec 29, 1820
Catalpa - Parents
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Virginia
- Died
- May 14, 1892
Washington, D.C.
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on July 23, 2013
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