https://www.wvhistoryonview.org/catalog/052369https://www.wvhistoryonview.org/image/052369.jpgSenator Rush D. Holt Speaking to Crowd, Shinnston, W. Va.Day, Mitchell; Shinnston, W. Va.1936/04/01Speeches, addresses, etc.Counties--Harrison.Politicians--West Virginia.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.West Virginia History OnView