Rush D. Holt Sr.

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Rush D. Holt Sr.

Rush Dew Holt, Sr. (June 19, 1905–February 8, 1955) was an American

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politician who was a United States Senator

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from West Virginia

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from 1935 until 1941.

A Democrat

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, 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

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Franklin D.

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Rush Dew Holt, Sr. (June 19, 1905–February 8, 1955) was an American

United States

United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper house of the Bicameralism United States Congress, the lower house being the United States House of Representatives....
from West Virginia

West Virginia

Democratic Party (United States)

President of the United States

United Mine Workers

The United Mine Workers of America is a North American trade union that represents workers in mining. One of the groups in the forefront of the fight for collective bargaining in the early 20th century, the UMW was founded in Columbus, Ohio, on January 22, 1890, by the merger of two earlier groups, the Knights of Labor Trade Assembly No....
; however, after he was in office, he seemed to change his political stance, becoming a critic of the New Deal

New Deal

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and losing the support of the United Mine Workers. Holt was also a staunch isolationist

Isolationism

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, firmly opposing any U.S. involvement in overseas warfare at a time when World War II

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was beginning. He was defeated for the Democratic renomination in 1940 and later became a Republican

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, unsuccessfully running for governor of West Virginia in 1952.

His son, Rush D. Holt, Jr., is currently a Democratic U.S. Representative

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from New Jersey

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an article from Time
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magazine that is partially about Holt, January 14, 1935.