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Linwood Holton (Abner Linwood Holton Jr.) was born on 21 September, 1923 in Big Stone Gap, Virginia U.S., is an American politician (1923–2021). Discover Linwood Holton's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 98 years old?

Popular As Abner Linwood Holton Jr.
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Age 98 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 21 September 1923
Birthday 21 September
Birthplace Big Stone Gap, Virginia U.S.
Date of death 28 October, 2021
Died Place Kilmarnock, Virginia U.S.
Nationality United States

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His wife is Jinks Rogers (m. 1953)

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Children 4; including Anne, Woody, and Dwight

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1869

He became the first Republican governor of Virginia since 1869.

1923

Abner Linwood Holton Jr. (September 21, 1923 – October 28, 2021) was an American politician and attorney.

Abner Linwood Holton Jr. was born on September 21, 1923, in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, the son of Edith (Van Gorder), a homemaker, and Abner Linwood Holton, the executive of a small coal-hauling railroad.

1941

Holton entered Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, in 1941.

1942

After the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor, he enlisted in the United States Navy on July 4, 1942.

1944

He received a commission after graduating in 1944 with B.S. degree in commerce, cum laude, and served on active duty submarine service throughout World War II and in the reserves for more than two decades afterwards.

1949

He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1949.

Prior to entering politics, he was an attorney in Roanoke, Virginia.

Holton was active in the Republican Party when it barely existed in Virginia.

He was one of the leading Republicans who fought the Byrd Organization during the three decades it dominated Virginia politics.

1965

In 1965, Holton ran for governor as the Republican candidate and was defeated by Democrat Mills E. Godwin Jr. In 1969, Holton won 52.51% of the vote in the gubernatorial election, defeating Democrat William C. Battle, Virginia Conservative Beverly B. McDowell, American Independent William A. Pennington, and Independent George R. Walker.

1970

He served as the 61st governor of Virginia, from 1970 to 1974, and was the first elected Republican governor of Virginia of the 20th century.

He was known for supporting civil rights, integration, and public investment.

In 1970, when desegregation was an issue in Virginia, Holton voluntarily placed his children, including future First Lady Anne Holton, in the mostly-black Richmond Public Schools, garnering much publicity.

When Harry F. Byrd Jr. broke ranks with the increasingly liberal national Democrats and ran as an independent for the Senate in 1970, Holton insisted on running a Republican candidate rather than endorsing an independent.

That eventually led to the nomination of Ray Garland.

Byrd went on to win the three-way election with an absolute majority.

1971

Holton also encouraged a moderate Republican to run in the special election in 1971 to choose a successor for deceased Lieutenant Governor J. Sargeant Reynolds, an election that was won by another independent, populist Henry Howell.

1973

As governor, he increased employment of blacks and women in state government, created the Virginia Governor's Schools Program in 1973, provided the first state funds for community mental health centers, and supported environmental efforts.

A moderate Republican, Holton was against welcoming conservative Byrd Democrats into the Virginia Republican Party.

As the GOP moved increasingly rightward, it turned its back on Holton.

Holton was not eligible to run in 1973, as Virginia does not allow governors to serve consecutive terms.

In 1973, Mills Godwin, the conservative former Democrat who had defeated Holton in the 1965 election, was the Republican nominee.

Godwin had supported massive resistance to racial integration and had first identified himself as a Republican in his speech accepting the Virginia Republican convention's nomination for governor.

Following his term as governor, Holton served one year in the Nixon Administration as the Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations.

After leaving Washington, he practiced law as a shareholder at McCandlish Holton, P.C.

1978

Holton later unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for the United States Senate in 1978, finishing third in a race against Richard D. Obenshain, John Warner, and Nathan H. Miller.

Warner subsequently became the nominee after Obenshain's death in a plane crash.

1987

Under Gov. Gerald Baliles (1987–1991), he served as interim president of the Center for Innovative Technology in Northern Virginia, where he guided it through managerial difficulties.

After his retirement, Holton supported moderate Republicans, including John Warner.

As the Virginia Republican Party became more conservative, however, he found himself more in line with the state Democratic Party and endorsed several Democrats for statewide office, including his son-in-law, Governor Tim Kaine.

1990

At his Stone Gap High School reunion in 1990, a childhood friend joked that he had sought the governorship since the 4th grade.

2007

Woody Holton (Abner Linwood Holton III) has published three books, including Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution (2007), a finalist for the National Book Award, and Forced Founders: Indians, Debtors, Slaves and the Making of the American Revolution in Virginia (1999).

2008

In his 2008 memoir, he wrote that could not remember a time as a youth when the goal of a Virginia governorship was not at the back of his mind.

Holton endorsed Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election.

The Holtons have four children: Tayloe, Anne, Woody, and Dwight.

2010

His third book, a biography of Abigail Adams, won the Bancroft Prize in 2010.

2014

In January 2014, Anne Holton was named Virginia Secretary of Education.

2016

Anne is married to U.S. Senator and former Virginia Governor Tim Kaine, the nominee of the Democratic Party for Vice President of the United States in 2016.

She was the first First Lady of Virginia to live in Virginia's Executive Mansion both as a child and as a First Lady.