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*[[1919]] &ndash; '''[[Thomas S. Martin]]''', an lawyer and Democratic Party politician from [[Albemarle County]], who founded a political organization that held power in Virginia for decades (later becoming known as the Byrd Organization) and who personally became a U.S. Senator who served for nearly a quarter century and rose to become the Majority Leader (and later Minority Leader) died in office at his home in Charlottesville. He is buried with his wife and daughter (who died of tuberculosis unmarried) in the [[University of Virginia Cemetery]].

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November 12:

  • 1919Thomas S. Martin, an lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Albemarle County, who founded a political organization that held power in Virginia for decades (later becoming known as the Byrd Organization) and who personally became a U.S. Senator who served for nearly a quarter century and rose to become the Majority Leader (and later Minority Leader) died in office at his home in Charlottesville. He is buried with his wife and daughter (who died of tuberculosis unmarried) in the University of Virginia Cemetery.