Rush D. Holt Sr.
- Rush D. Holt Sr.
Infobox_Senator
name=Rush Holt, Sr.
jr/sr=Junior U.S. Senator
state=West Virginia
term=June 21 1935 –January 3 1941
preceded=Henry D. Hatfield
succeeded=Harley M. Kilgore
date of birth=birth date|1905|6|19|mf=y
place of birth=Weston, West Virginia
date of death=death date|1955|2|8|mf=y
place of death=Bethesda, Maryland
spouse=Helen Holt
profession=Teacher
religion=
party=Democratic|Rush Dew Holt, Sr. (
June 19 ,1905 –February 8 ,1955 ) was an American politician who was a United States Senator fromWest Virginia from 1935 until 1941.A Democrat, he was elected at age 29 in November 1934, but because a Senator is constitutionally required to be at least 30 years old, he could not take his seat in January 1935 and had to wait until after his next birthday, in June 1935. At the time of his election, he supported President Franklin D. Roosevelt and had the backing of the
United Mine Workers ; however, after he was in office, he seemed to change his political stance, becoming a critic of theNew Deal and losing the support of the United Mine Workers. Holt was also a staunch isolationist, firmly opposing any U.S. involvement in overseas warfare at a time whenWorld War II was beginning. He was defeated for the Democratic renomination in 1940 and later became a Republican, unsuccessfully running for governor of West Virginia in 1952. [http://www.wvculture.org/history/journal_wvh/wvh51-1.html]His son,
Rush D. Holt, Jr. , is currently a Democratic U.S. Representative fromNew Jersey .External links
* [http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,930751,00.html "Unsworn Senators",] an article from "Time" magazine that is partially about Holt, January 14, 1935.
* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000749 Congressional biography]
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