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73. Group of Men Attempting to Buy Votes, Kanawha Co., W. Va.

Rush Holt and his wife, Helen Holt, smile as they pet an elephant.

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

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.

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