What is Harry F. Byrd?
{{for|his son|Harry F. Byrd Jr.}} {{Infobox Politician |birthname = Harry Flood Byrd |image = Harry_F._Byrd_headshot.jpg |imagesize = |caption = |birth_date = {{birth date|1887|6|10|mf=y}} |birth_place = {{nowrap|[[Martinsburg, West Virginia]], U.S.}} |death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|1966|10|20|1887|6|10}} |death_place = [[Berryville, Virginia]], U.S. |jr/sr = United States Senator |state = [[Virginia]] |term_start = March 4, 1933 |term_end = November 10, 1965 |predecessor = [[Claude A. Swanson]] |successor = [[Harry F. Byrd Jr.]] |office2 = 50th [[Governor of Virginia]] |term_start2 = February 1, 1926 |term_end2 = January 15, 1930 |lieutenant3 = [[Junius Edgar West]] |predecessor3 = [[Elbert Lee Trinkle]] |successor3 = [[John Garland Pollard]] | state_senate4 = Virginia | district4 = [[Virginia's 26th Senate district|26th]] | term_start4 = January 9, 1924 | term_end4 = February 1, 1926 | preceded4 = James M. Dickerson | succeeded4 = Joseph S. Denny | state_senate5 = Virginia | district5 = [[Virginia's 10th Senate district|10th]] | term_start5 = January 12, 1916 | term_end5 = January 9, 1924 | preceded5 = [[Frank S. Tavenner]] | succeeded5 = [[Marshall B. Booker]] |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = Anne Douglas Beverley |children = 4, including [[Harry F. Byrd Jr.|Harry Jr.]] |signature= Harry F. Byrd signature.svg }} '''Harry Flood Byrd Sr.''' (June 10, 1887 – October 20, 1966) was an American newspaper publisher and political leader of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. H was [[Governor of Virginia]] from 1926 until 1930. He was then a [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] from 1933 until 1965. He was a critic of President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]], largely blocking most liberal legislation after 1937.<ref>{{cite book|author=Mordecai Lee|title=Congress Vs. the Bureaucracy: Muzzling Agency Public Relations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xlJXwoAXXmkC&pg=PA211|year=2012|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|page=211}}</ref> His