Harry Carter Stuart

Harry Carter Stuart
Member of the Virginia Senate
from the 18th district
In office
January 10, 1940 – September 20, 1963
Preceded byJack W. Witten
Succeeded byGeorge F. Barnes
Personal details
Born
Henry Carter Stuart

(1893-07-04)July 4, 1893
Abingdon, Virginia, US
DiedSeptember 20, 1963(1963-09-20) (aged 70)
Virginia, US
SpouseMarion Lee Cobbs Stuart
Parent(s)Dale Carter Stuart and Sally Preston White Stuart
RelativesHenry Carter Stuart (uncle)
ProfessionCattleman, farmer

Henry Carter Stuart (July 4, 1893 – September 20, 1963), better known as Harry Carter Stuart, was a Virginia cattle breeder and trader, who also served as the Democratic State Senator from the 18th District.[1] A lifelong Democrat, Carter helped lead the Byrd Organization's policy of Massive Resistance to racial integration in Virginia's public schools.

  1. ^ E. Griffith Dodson: The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1940–1960 (Richmond: Virginia State Publication, 1961) p. 587, available at