John N. Dalton
Template:Short description Template:About Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox officeholder John Nichols Dalton (July 11, 1931Template:Spaced ndashJuly 30, 1986) was an American politician who served as the 63rd governor of Virginia, from 1978 to 1982. Dalton won the office with 55.9% of the vote, defeating Democrat Henry E. Howell Jr. and Independent Alan R. Ogden. Dalton had previously served as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia.Template:Citation needed
Biography
Born in Emporia, Virginia, Dalton graduated from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia in 1953, and the University of Virginia School of Law in 1957[1]. He served in both houses of the General Assembly (Virginia House of Delegates, 1966–1972, Senate of Virginia, 1973). Dalton was the 32nd Lieutenant Governor from 1974 to 1978. As governor, he pursued policies of limited government. He also settled the federal lawsuit on the desegregation of Virginia's institutions of higher education.Template:Citation needed
Dalton was the adopted son of Theodore Roosevelt Dalton, his uncle, who was the Republican candidate for governor in 1953 and 1957. As a young man his next-door neighbor was Charlotte Giesen, first Republican woman elected to the House of Delegates.<ref name="Atkinson2006">Template:Cite book</ref> Dalton died at 55 of lung cancer.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He is buried at Sunrise Burial Park in Radford.Template:Citation needed
His personal papers, including those from his time as governor, are held by the Special Collections Research Center at the College of William & Mary.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> His executive papers from his time as governor are held by the Library of Virginia. Dalton Intermediate School, in Radford, Virginia, is named after the former governor. Dalton Hall, a building at Radford University that houses dining facilities, and the university bookstore is named for Dalton.Template:Citation needed
Dalton's son-in-law, Steve Baril, sought the 2005 Republican nomination for attorney general of Virginia.Template:Citation needed
References
External links
- Finding aid for the John Dalton Papers
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- Virginia Governor John Nichols Dalton, National Governors Association
- John N. Dalton, 1978–1982 Template:Webarchive, UVa Cooper Center
- The Legacy of Governor Dalton by John Chichester
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- 1931 births
- 1986 deaths
- 20th-century American lawyers
- American adoptees
- College of William & Mary alumni
- Deaths from lung cancer in Virginia
- Republican Party governors of Virginia
- Lieutenant governors of Virginia
- Republican Party members of the Virginia House of Delegates
- Virginia lawyers
- Republican Party Virginia state senators
- People from Emporia, Virginia
- People from Radford, Virginia
- 20th-century members of the Virginia General Assembly