J. Maynard Magruder
J. Maynard Magruder | |
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Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the Arlington district | |
In office 1944–1956 | |
Preceded by | n/a |
Succeeded by | William L. Winston |
Personal details | |
Born | James Maynard Magruder February 9, 1900 University of Maryland Georgetown University Law School |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States |
Branch/service | United States Army |
Unit | 121th Engineering |
Battles/wars | World War I |
James Maynard Magruder (February 9, 1900 – May 9, 1969) was an American real estate and insurance executive, as well as an attorney who served as a
Early and family life
Magruder was born in
Career
In 1925, Magruder moved to
In 1943 Magruder became a candidate for the
Magruder and a group of investors started Arlington radio station WEAM, whose first sign-on was April 7, 1947; among the talent they recruited to WEAM was bandleader Jack Little.[5] The Magruder group sold the station in 1948, and the station retained its call letters until 1984; since 1996 it has been WZHF.[6]
In 1952, Magruder ran for the new 10th U.S. Congressional District seat, but was defeated in the Democratic primary by attorney and former county board chairman Edmund D. Campbell, who with his wife and school board chairwoman Elizabeth Campbell were known as opposing racial segregation. However, Campbell was narrowly defeated in the general election (by 322 votes in the Eisenhower landslide) by Republican real estate developer Joel Broyhill, who supported racial segregation and would be re-elected many times.[7]
After the 1950 census reapportionment, growing Arlington received another additional delegate in the Virginia General Assembly, effective in 1953. Magruder polled highest in that election, and was joined by fellow Democrats C. Harrison Mann and Kathryn H. Stone, who outpolled all three Republican candidates.
Magruder declined to seek re-election in 1955 in order to run for Treasurer of Arlington County (one of 3 elected offices in the county), as the
In 1957, as the Byrd Organization tried to close Arlington's schools rather than allow their integration, Magruder unsuccessfully ran for a seat on the Arlington County Board (on which his wife Elizabeth had served in the 1940s). He lost to Herbert L. Brown Jr. by nearly 2500 votes, after which he stopped running for elective office.[7] Earlier, Magruder served on the board of managers (and once served as chairman) of the Council of State Governments, and in 1958 was appointed to a seven-member Virginia advisory committee to the Civil Rights Commission.[10]
Death and legacy
Magruger died on May 9, 1969, in a hospital in Norfolk, Virginia, where he had suffered a heart attack while attending a meeting of the Virginia Chamber of Commerce.[11][12] He is interred in the Columbia Gardens Cemetery in Arlington.
References
- ^ a b "Welcome to the Virginia House of Delegates". Dela.state.va.us. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
- ^ E. Griffith Dodson (1961). The General Assembly of Virginia 1940-1960. Richmond. p. 557.
- ^ "J. Maynard Magruder, Former Delegate, Dies", The Washington Star (May 9, 1969), although unlike the Virginia legislative materials generated by questionnaire to Magruder's office, it says Magruder was born in Maryland.
- ^ or the Northern Virginia Savings and Loan Association according to The Washington Star
- ^ Kelly, John (December 3, 2016). "Answer Man tunes in the story behind Arlington's vanished Radio Building". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on December 5, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
- ^ https://fccdata.org/?lang=en&facid=73306&hview=1 [bare URL]
- ^ a b "Arlington County Election Results" (PDF). Arlingtonva.s3.amazonaws.com. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
- ^ "FORMER ARLINGTON TREASURER COLIN C. MACPHERSON, 85, DIES". The Washington Post. 1988-05-28. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
- ^ "Former Chief Judge William L. Winston". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
- ^ The Washington Star obituary
- ^ The Washington Star obituary
- ^ "J.M. Magruder Dies Was Del. of Arlington", Northern Virginia Sun, May 10, 1969