John S. Battle

John Stewart Battle ( born July 11, 1890 in New Bern, North Carolina, † April 9, 1972 ) was an American politician and from 1950 to 1954 Governor of Virginia.

Early years and political rise

John Battle attended Mars Hill College and Wake Forest College in North Carolina. He then studied at the Law Faculty of the University of Virginia law. After qualifying as a lawyer, he began in Charlottesville to work in his new profession. During the First World War he was a soldier in the U.S. Army.

John Battle was a member of the Democratic Party. Between 1930 and 1934 he was a delegate in the House of Representatives from Virginia from 1934 to 1950 he was a member of the State Senate. Between 1948 and 1968 he was, with one exception in 1964, a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions relevant.

Governor of Virginia

In 1949, Battle was elected governor of his state. He began his four-year term on January 18, 1950. The governor pushed for social reforms and an improvement in the school system and for better hospitals. In the education sector, the teacher salary was increased. The broken during his tenure Korean War led to the revival of the Defence Council. In 1952 Battle arbitrating a dispute to the National Convention in Chicago. At the time, refused the delegates from Virginia, in advance swear an oath of loyalty to the presidential candidates to be elected. Battle could prevent a speech a split in the party.

Further CV

After the end of his governorship on January 11, 1954 Battle has worked as a lawyer in a law firm again. In 1956 he was a Democratic presidential candidate in the interview. However, the nomination went to Adlai Stevenson. In 1959 he was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Civil Rights Commission. John Battle died in April 1972. He was born in Monticello, the former estate of Thomas Jefferson, was buried.