Governor of Virginia from 1914 to 1918. Stuart, from a wealthy land-owning family in southwest Virginia, was the grandson of Virginia Congressman Archibald Stuart and a nephew of Gen. J.E.B. Stuart. He graduated from Emory & Henry College in 1874, and began his political career in 1893, thereafter serving as a delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1901-02, and on the State Corporation Commission. He married his cousin Margaret Carter in 1896; they had no children.
A Democrat, he was elected Governor in 1913 without Republican opposition. In office, he promoted a statewide referendum that prohibited alcohol sales; appointed a commission that in 1919 revised the Virginia Code; and supported legislation reforming state tax laws, allowing counties to tax real estate, and allowing the state to tax other forms of property. In 1915, Stuart endorsed the state senatorial bid of Harry F. Byrd, Sr.; within a few years, Byrd would build a political machine that controlled Virginia politics until the 1960s. As a "War Governor," Stuart encouraged Virginians to grow food in home gardens to support the war effort.
A Democrat, he was elected Governor in 1913 without Republican opposition. In office, he promoted a statewide referendum that prohibited alcohol sales; appointed a commission that in 1919 revised the Virginia Code; and supported legislation reforming state tax laws, allowing counties to tax real estate, and allowing the state to tax other forms of property. In 1915, Stuart endorsed the state senatorial bid of Harry F. Byrd, Sr.; within a few years, Byrd would build a political machine that controlled Virginia politics until the 1960s. As a "War Governor," Stuart encouraged Virginians to grow food in home gardens to support the war effort.
Governor of Virginia from 1914 to 1918. Stuart, from a wealthy land-owning family in southwest Virginia, was the grandson of Virginia Congressman Archibald Stuart and a nephew of Gen. J.E.B. Stuart. He graduated from Emory & Henry College in 1874, and began his political career in 1893, thereafter serving as a delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1901-02, and on the State Corporation Commission. He married his cousin Margaret Carter in 1896; they had no children.
A Democrat, he was elected Governor in 1913 without Republican opposition. In office, he promoted a statewide referendum that prohibited alcohol sales; appointed a commission that in 1919 revised the Virginia Code; and supported legislation reforming state tax laws, allowing counties to tax real estate, and allowing the state to tax other forms of property. In 1915, Stuart endorsed the state senatorial bid of Harry F. Byrd, Sr.; within a few years, Byrd would build a political machine that controlled Virginia politics until the 1960s. As a "War Governor," Stuart encouraged Virginians to grow food in home gardens to support the war effort.
A Democrat, he was elected Governor in 1913 without Republican opposition. In office, he promoted a statewide referendum that prohibited alcohol sales; appointed a commission that in 1919 revised the Virginia Code; and supported legislation reforming state tax laws, allowing counties to tax real estate, and allowing the state to tax other forms of property. In 1915, Stuart endorsed the state senatorial bid of Harry F. Byrd, Sr.; within a few years, Byrd would build a political machine that controlled Virginia politics until the 1960s. As a "War Governor," Stuart encouraged Virginians to grow food in home gardens to support the war effort.
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