Harrison H. Riddleberger

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Harrison H. Riddleberger

Harrison Holt Riddleberger (October 4, 1844– January 24, 1890) was an American lawyer and politician from Woodstock, Virginia. He served in the Virginia State Senate and House of Delegates, before representing Virginia in the United States Senate.

In the late 1870s, Riddleberger joined former Confederate General and railroad builder William Mahone in forming a coalition of blacks, Republicans, and Conservative Democrats which became known as the Readjuster Party. The Readjusters dominated Virginia's politics for about 10 years, until another political machine composed of Conservative Democrats initially led by John S. Barbour, Jr. took power in the late 1880s, a legacy which led to the Byrd Organization, a domination of Virginia politics until the late 1960s, when Virginia elected A. Linwood Holton Jr. as the its first non-Democrat governor in 80 years in 1969.

[edit] External links

• biographic sketch at U.S. Congress website
• Harrison H. Riddleberger at Find A Grave

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