Henry Howell

Henry Evans Howell, Jr. ( born September 5, 1920 in Norfolk, Virginia; † July 7, 1997 ) was an American politician of the Democratic Party and from 1971 to 1974 Lieutenant Governor of Virginia.

Life

After attending the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, he studied law at the University of Virginia, graduated with a Bachelor of Laws ( LL.B. ) and then worked as a lawyer. In 1960 he was elected as a candidate of the Democrats in the House of Representatives from Virginia, before a member of the Senate of Virginia in 1966 and this was a member until 1971.

Howell, a strong supporter of civil rights and representative of the interests of workers and consumers, for the first time applied in 1969 to the post of governor of Virginia. But in the runoff for the Democratic nomination, he defeated William C. Battle, who in turn lost the actual election to Republican A. Linwood Holton.

1971 Howell was despite internal party opposition Lieutenant Governor of Virginia and has held this post until 1974. Having lost in the gubernatorial elections in Virginia and 1973 Mills E. Godwin, he remained politically active and has received enough support from African-American voters and voters from suburbs to surprisingly In 1977, the area code (Primary) of the Democratic Party for the office of Governor of Virginia to win.

Howell, who was a popular liberal Democrat, so however many years of party functionaries of the Democrats angered so much that they allied themselves with the conservative Republican Party in order to end his political career. In November 1977, she helped Howells Republican opponent John N. Dalton, who in 1974 succeeded him as lieutenant governor was a clear election victory for the governorship. However, a notable exception to Howells election defeat was Chuck Robb, who was elected lieutenant governor and later was also governor of Virginia and U.S. Senator.

After his defeat zo he withdrew from political life and became the Founding Partner of the firm Howell, Daugherty & Brown his work as a lawyer again.