Member of the Virginia Senate from the 5th district
In office December 2, 1952 – January 10, 1962
Preceded by
Allie E. S. Stephens
Succeeded by
William V. Rawlings
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates for Nansemond and Suffolk
In office January 14, 1948 – December 2, 1952
Preceded by
Willis E. Cohoon
Succeeded by
Willis E. Cohoon
Personal details
Born
Mills Edwin Godwin Jr.
(1914-11-19)November 19, 1914 Chuckatuck, Virginia, U.S.
Died
January 30, 1999(1999-01-30) (aged 84) Newport News, Virginia, U.S.
Political party
Republican (1973–1999)
Other political affiliations
Democratic (before 1973)
Spouse
Katherine Thomas Beale
(m. 1940)
Children
Becky Godwin
Education
Old Dominion University University of Virginia (LLB)
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Mills Edwin Godwin Jr. (November 19, 1914 – January 30, 1999) was an American politician who was the 60th and 62nd governor of Virginia for two non-consecutive terms, from 1966 to 1970 and from 1974 to 1978.
In his first term, he was a member of the Democratic Party, and was the last Virginia governor elected as a part of the Byrd Machine, the conservative Democratic establishment that dominated the state's politics for over three decades. He was succeeded by Linwood Holton, the first non-Democratic governor in over 80 years. By 1973, when he ran for a second term, Godwin had switched to the Republican Party, as the dominance of the Democrats in Virginia politics receded and the Byrd political machine had disintegrated. He was the first governor in the history of the United States to be elected as both a Democrat and a Republican.
Mills Edwin Godwin Jr. (November 19, 1914 – January 30, 1999) was an American politician who was the 60th and 62nd governor of Virginia for two non-consecutive...
In 1973, MillsGodwin, the conservative former Democrat who had defeated Holton in the 1965 election, was the Republican nominee. Godwin had supported...
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of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Mills E. Godwin Jr. (1914–1999), Governor of Virginia Richard Godwin (1922–2005), First Under Secretary of Defense...
Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Saitama Seibu Lions. Garrett attended Mills E. Godwin High School in Richmond, Virginia. He attended the Virginia Military...
Times-Dispatch. p. 1A. Retrieved July 19, 2023. Sobel 1978, pp. 1668–1669. "Mills Edwin Godwin". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 18, 2023. Latimer...
William Smith and MillsGodwin, were elected to additional terms. Smith's second term came after Virginia seceded from the Union, while Godwin became the first...
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Collins's term 28 Mills E. Godwin, Jr. Democratic 1962–1966 Albertis Harrison 29 Fred G. Pollard Democratic 1966–1970 MillsGodwin 30 J. Sargeant Reynolds...
Lacey Barkley Harrison 1962 1966 Albertis Harrison 58 Katherine Godwin 1966 1970 MillsGodwin 58th and 60th First Lady of Virginia 59 Jinks Rogers Holton...
Louisiana (John McKeithen), Tennessee (Buford Ellington) and Virginia (MillsGodwin). McGovern entered the race following Robert Kennedy's assassination...
Combined with the election of Governor MillsGodwin in 1965, there was impetus for governmental change. Godwin strongly advocated the loosening of the...
William Godwin (3 March 1756 – 7 April 1836) was an English journalist, political philosopher and novelist. He is considered one of the first exponents...
(R-NY) Former Governors C. Farris Bryant, (D-FL) John Connally, (D-TX) MillsGodwin, (D-VA) Marvin Griffin, (D-GA) Allan Shivers, (D-TX) John Bell Williams...
ban on interracial marriage with Loving v. Virginia. In 1968, Governor MillsGodwin called a commission to rewrite the state constitution. The new constitution...
Housing grew up in the Lanett, AL Congregational Christian Church (UCC) MillsGodwin – former governor of Virginia (Democrat) Bob Graham – former governor...
the river suffered economic losses. In December 1975 Virginia Governor MillsGodwin Jr. shut down the James River to fishing for 100 miles, from Richmond...
Jersey; Teamsters president Frank Fitzsimmons; Governor of Virginia MillsGodwin; Mayor of Miami, Florida David T. Kennedy; and former head of the United...
January 13, 1962 – January 15, 1966 Lieutenant MillsGodwin Preceded by J. Lindsay Almond Succeeded by MillsGodwin 28th Attorney General of Virginia In office...
before marrying Mills E. Godwin, Jr., in 1940. She died on March 5, 2015, in Williamsburg, Virginia, aged 98. "Katherine Beale Godwin". Suffolk News-Herald...
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