Senator Rush D. Holt Addresses New York Real Estate Dinner, New York, N.Y.
Date:
1939/03/18
Description:
Senator Rush D. Holt (center), of West Virginia, speaking at a dinner of The Bronx Real Estate Board, at the Hotel Commodore, March 18, at which time he told of the need for curtailing unnecessary Government spending. Henry G. Altemade, President of the Bronx Real Estate Board, is shown left; James J. Lyons, Bronx Borough President, is shown right.
Senator Rush D. Holt Chatting With Harold K. Bradford, Retiring President of the National Association of Securities Commissioners, Miami, Fla.
Date:
1935/12/09
Description:
Caption on photograph reads: "It would seem that the senator from West Virginia is stepping from the Roney plaza swimming pool fully attired. Really Senator Rush Dew Holt, the youngest member of the Senate, is standing on a narrow walk around the pool as he chats with Harold K. Bradford, of Washington, D.C., retiring President of the National Association of Securities Commissioners. Senator Holt was in Miami to address the association's annual convention."
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.
