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- IDNO:
- 006237
- Title:
- Holt, Senator Rush D. Speaking at a Labor Convention, Charleston, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Senator Rush D. Holt speaking before a labor convention in Charleston, Sept. 30.
- IDNO:
- 006239
- Title:
- Holt, Senator Rush D. Making a Speech
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Senator Rush D. Holt speaking at the podium below an image of President Franklin Roosevelt.
- IDNO:
- 052369
- Title:
- Senator Rush D. Holt Speaking to Crowd, Shinnston, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1936/04/01
- Description:
- Holt was a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from 1931-1954 and a senator from 1935-1941 on the Democratic ticket. By 1936, Holt emerged as a vocal conservative critic of the New Deal, attacking, for example, the Works Progress Administration as corrupt and inefficient. He switched to the Republican party in 1949.