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Virginia’s 1956 Vote Shifts Amid Byrd Debate
In Virginia the race features Adlai Stevenson and Eisenhower with Sen. Harry Byrd’s stance unclear. Andrews campaigns on states’ rights drawing segregationists while Moonlighting voters in Lynchburg and Louisa weigh third-party influence. Roosevelt era loyalties fade as locals forecast a split vote and Byrd’s likely impact on statewide preferences.
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Richmond
Virginia
Adlai Stevenson
Dixie States
Eisenhower
Supreme Court
Stevenson
Oeff
Richmond Times Dispatch
Harry’ Flood Byrd
Berryville
Byrd
Herbert Hoover
T. Coleman Andrews
States’ Rights Party
Andy Andrews
Eisenhower Democrat
Internal Revenue
Lynchburg
Peal
Eisenower
South Side
Andrews
Rich’ Mond
Commonwealth
F. C. Hogg
York River
Sennower
V. Lacy Hodges
Strom Thurmond
Fish and Oyster Company
Andrewsks
Partigan
Old Dominion
Blue Ridge
Chesapeake Bay
Winchester
Francis Pickens Miller
Char
Jottesville
Robert
Eisenhower Civil Whitehead
Lovingston
B. B. Sheffield
Whitehead
L. Fleming
Virginia Deleout