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Surrounded by an audience, including local media such as WCHS Radio, with a large photograph of President Franklin Roosevelt hanging over his head, Rush Holt drives home his message.

1. Rush Holt Delivers Speech, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
047137
Title:
Rush Holt Delivers Speech, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Surrounded by an audience, including local media such as WCHS Radio, with a large photograph of President Franklin Roosevelt hanging over his head, Rush Holt drives home his message.
A car sits by the Malden Fire Department with a sign that reads "Vote Rush Holt IN, State House Gang OUT". The photograph was most likely taken during one of Rush Holt's campaign's for state office.

2. Car With Rush Holt Campaign Sign, Malden, W. Va.

IDNO:
047141
Title:
Car With Rush Holt Campaign Sign, Malden, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
A car sits by the Malden Fire Department with a sign that reads "Vote Rush Holt IN, State House Gang OUT". The photograph was most likely taken during one of Rush Holt's campaign's for state office.
Rush Holt and his wife, Helen Holt, smile as they pet an elephant.

3. Rush and Helen Holt at West Virginia Republican State Convention

IDNO:
052368
Title:
Rush and Helen Holt at West Virginia Republican State Convention
Date:
1952
Description:
Rush Holt and his wife, Helen Holt, smile as they pet an elephant.
Holt was a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from 1931-1954 and a senator from 1935-1941 on the Democratic ticket. By 1936, Holt emerged as a vocal conservative critic of the New Deal, attacking, for example, the Works Progress Administration as corrupt and inefficient. He switched to the Republican party in 1949.

4. Senator Rush D. Holt Speaking to Crowd, Shinnston, W. Va.

IDNO:
052369
Title:
Senator Rush D. Holt Speaking to Crowd, Shinnston, W. Va.
Date:
1936/04/01
Description:
Holt was a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from 1931-1954 and a senator from 1935-1941 on the Democratic ticket. By 1936, Holt emerged as a vocal conservative critic of the New Deal, attacking, for example, the Works Progress Administration as corrupt and inefficient. He switched to the Republican party in 1949.
Candid portrait of Rush D. Holt and Senator Theodore G. Bilbo. Holt, who was elected at age 29, had to wait until he was 30 to become a senator.

5. Rush D. Holt and Senator Theodore G. Bilbo

IDNO:
053359
Title:
Rush D. Holt and Senator Theodore G. Bilbo
Date:
1934/12/31
Description:
Candid portrait of Rush D. Holt and Senator Theodore G. Bilbo. Holt, who was elected at age 29, had to wait until he was 30 to become a senator.
Senator Rush D. Holt removes the name plate from his office door after leaving office.

6. Senator Rush D. Holt Removing Sign From Office

IDNO:
053361
Title:
Senator Rush D. Holt Removing Sign From Office
Date:
1941/01/03
Description:
Senator Rush D. Holt removes the name plate from his office door after leaving office.
"Senator Rush Holt, of West Virginia, severe critic of the administration has charged that his mail is being censored and that the post office department has failed to do anything about it. . . ."

7. Senator Rush D. Holt Examines Mail

IDNO:
053362
Title:
Senator Rush D. Holt Examines Mail
Date:
undated
Description:
"Senator Rush Holt, of West Virginia, severe critic of the administration has charged that his mail is being censored and that the post office department has failed to do anything about it. . . ."
Senator Rush D. Holt of West Virginia travels to United States Capitol building.

8. Senator Rush D. Holt on Subway

IDNO:
053363
Title:
Senator Rush D. Holt on Subway
Date:
1936/01/04
Description:
Senator Rush D. Holt of West Virginia travels to United States Capitol building.
Holt, elected at age 29, was one of the youngest men elected to a senatorial seat.

9. Portrait of Rush D. Holt

IDNO:
053364
Title:
Portrait of Rush D. Holt
Date:
1934/08/09
Description:
Holt, elected at age 29, was one of the youngest men elected to a senatorial seat.
Text on back reads, "Washington D. C.: Senator Rush Holt, of West Virginia, is shown buried in the pile of books he used in gathering material for his speech on the Senate floor, in Washington, D. C., where debate on the administration's neutrality bill is in its third week. The senator said repeal of the arms embargo was not necessary for "cash-and-carry" trade between the United States and belligerents in other commodities. The neutrality act 'was written for the defense of the United States, not for defense of Great Britain, France, or Germany,' said the senator."

10. Senator Rush Holt Reading

IDNO:
053370
Title:
Senator Rush Holt Reading
Date:
1939/10/18
Description:
Text on back reads, "Washington D. C.: Senator Rush Holt, of West Virginia, is shown buried in the pile of books he used in gathering material for his speech on the Senate floor, in Washington, D. C., where debate on the administration's neutrality bill is in its third week. The senator said repeal of the arms embargo was not necessary for "cash-and-carry" trade between the United States and belligerents in other commodities. The neutrality act 'was written for the defense of the United States, not for defense of Great Britain, France, or Germany,' said the senator."
Text on back reads, "Washington, D. C.: U S. Senator-elect Rush D. Holt, of West Virginia, his sister, Jane, and his parents, Dr. and Mrs. Mathew S. Holt, celebrating the young Solon's thirtieth birthday, today (June 19). Holt's parents came from their home in West Virginia to help celebrate his birthday, and also to see him take his seat in the upper branch of our national legislature, as the 'baby' of that body. The Senate elections committee has submitted two reports on his case: a majority report favoring his seating, and a minority report that asks that his election be voided. It is expected that the majority report will be acted upon."

11. Senator Rush Holt Turns Thirty

IDNO:
053372
Title:
Senator Rush Holt Turns Thirty
Date:
1935/06/19
Description:
Text on back reads, "Washington, D. C.: U S. Senator-elect Rush D. Holt, of West Virginia, his sister, Jane, and his parents, Dr. and Mrs. Mathew S. Holt, celebrating the young Solon's thirtieth birthday, today (June 19). Holt's parents came from their home in West Virginia to help celebrate his birthday, and also to see him take his seat in the upper branch of our national legislature, as the 'baby' of that body. The Senate elections committee has submitted two reports on his case: a majority report favoring his seating, and a minority report that asks that his election be voided. It is expected that the majority report will be acted upon."
Text on back reads, "Washington, D. C.: As the closing gong is poised to signal the end of the longest congress, Rush Holt, the 'baby of the Senate,' prepares to leave for his native West Virginia. He has had a hard time this first session. After fighting to get his seat - he was not thirty years of age until mid-session - he had to spend several weeks in a Baltimore hospital because of a major operation."

12. Senator Rush Holt Prepares to Leave Washington D. C.

IDNO:
053373
Title:
Senator Rush Holt Prepares to Leave Washington D. C.
Date:
1935/08/24
Description:
Text on back reads, "Washington, D. C.: As the closing gong is poised to signal the end of the longest congress, Rush Holt, the 'baby of the Senate,' prepares to leave for his native West Virginia. He has had a hard time this first session. After fighting to get his seat - he was not thirty years of age until mid-session - he had to spend several weeks in a Baltimore hospital because of a major operation."