What is Harry F. Byrd Jr.?
{{for|his father|Harry F. Byrd}} {{Infobox officeholder |honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable|The Honorable]] |name = Harry F. Byrd, Jr. |image = Hbyrdjr.jpg |jr/sr = United States Senator |state = [[Virginia]] |term_start = November 12, 1965 |term_end = January 3, 1983 |predecessor = [[Harry F. Byrd]] |successor = [[Paul Trible]] |birth_date = {{birth date|1914|12|20}} |birth_place = [[Winchester, Virginia]], [[United States|U.S.]] |death_date = {{death date and age|2013|7|30|1914|12|20}} |death_place = Winchester, [[Virginia]], U.S. |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] {{small|(Before 1970)}}<br>[[Independent Democrat]] {{small|(1970–2013)}} |spouse = {{marriage|Gretchen Bigelow Thomson|1941|1989}} |children = Harry F. Byrd III,<br>Thomas Byrd,<br>Beverly Byrd |alma_mater = Virginia Military Institute<br>[[University of Virginia]] |residence = [[Harrisonburg, Virginia]], U.S. }} '''Harry Flood Byrd, Jr.''' (December 20, 1914 &ndash; July 30, 2013)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.msn.com/obits/former-sen-harry-byrd-jr-of-virginia-dies?ocid=ansnews11|title=Former Sen. Harry Byrd Jr. of Virginia dies|publisher=[[MSN]].com|date=30 July 2013|accessdate=30 July 2013}}{{Dead link|date=September 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> was an [[Americans|American]] [[politician]]. He represented [[Virginia]] in the [[United States Senate]] from 1965 to 1983. Byrd was born in [[Winchester]], [[Virginia]]. He served in the [[United States Army]] during [[World War II]] from 1941 to 1945. Byrd is best known for leaving the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] in 1971 and becoming an [[Independent (politician)|Independent]], although he continued to support the Democratic Party and would call himself an [[Independent Democrat]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=U.S. Senate: Senators Who Changed Parties During Senate Service (Since 1890)|url=https://www