Elbert Lee Trinkle (March 12, 1876 – November 25, 1939) was an American politician who served as the 49th Governor of Virginia from 1922 to 1926.
15-489: Trinkle is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Elbert Lee Trinkle (1876–1939), American politician and 49th Governor of Virginia Jeff Trinkle , American computer scientist Ken Trinkle (1919–1976), American baseball player See also [ edit ] Trinkle Mansion , a historic building in Wytheville, Virginia, United States 24204 Trinkle ,
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45-459: A minority of racially tolerant Southern whites to form "black and tan" clubs. Within state GOPs, they clashed with scalawags , native-born Whiggish Southern whites who generally placed greater emphasis on business interests and economic expansion than safeguarding the newly secured rights of freedmen. During Reconstruction, efforts by black-and-tan Republicans in favor of racial equality drew violence from Democratic white supremacists including
60-668: A nomination of conservative isolationist Hamilton Fish III for vice president on the Republican ticket to maintain GOP popularity among black voters. During the 1952 United States presidential election where factionalism once again became an intense highlight, the black-and-tan Republican delegations in the Republican National Convention that year supported the nomination of conservative U.S. senator Robert A. Taft over Dwight Eisenhower . This included
75-678: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Elbert Lee Trinkle On March 12, 1876, Trinkle was born in Wytheville , Wythe County, Virginia , as the youngest son of the prominent Trinkle family. After graduating from Hampden–Sydney College in 1895, he studied law at the University of Virginia , where he was manager of the Virginia Glee Club , and later opened a Wytheville law practice. Trinkle served as
90-461: The Ku Klux Klan , who resorted to violence against the early civil rights activists. Families of Southern Republicans, both black and white, were harassed by Democratic whites. The increasing decline of Southern Republicanism brought about by the rise of Jim Crow led many white Republicans to view abandoning civil rights advocacy as the only means of maintaining significant party influence in
105-662: The Mississippi delegation led by Perry Wilbon Howard II . In contrast to Eisenhower, who testified in opposition to integrating the United States military in 1945, the strongly conservative Taft was devoted in his concern for blacks, continuously pushing civil rights measures in Congress. B. Carroll Reece , a pro-civil rights Old Right congressman from East Tennessee , predicted adamant support for Taft from Southern GOP delegations. This proved true particularly for
120-555: The Radford University campus is also named for him. 1921 ; Trinkle was elected Governor of Virginia with 64.6% of the vote over Republican Henry W. Anderson and Black-and-tan Republican John Mitchell, Jr. [REDACTED] Media related to Elbert Lee Trinkle at Wikimedia Commons Black-and-tan faction The black-and-tan faction was an American biracial faction in the Republican Party in
135-593: The African-American Republican vote in northern states. The black-and-tans predominated in counties with a large black population, the whites in these counties being usually Democrats. The lily-whites were mostly found in the counties where fewer blacks lived. Factionalism in Southern GOP politics between the black-and-tans and the lily-whites flared up in 1928 . Among the black-and-tans, Mississippi leader Perry Wilbon Howard II advocated
150-605: The Republican Party came about with the replacement of Old Right -oriented politics amidst the rise of the New Right under Eisenhower Republicanism. In the early years of the Reconstruction era , newly enfranchised Southern blacks in states including Mississippi enthusiastically threw overwhelming support to the Republican Party, which spearheaded the cause of ensuring their civil rights. They unified with
165-559: The South from the 1870s to the 1960s. It replaced the Negro Republican Party faction's name after the 1890s. Southern Republicans were divided into two factions: the lily-white faction , which was practically all-white, and the biracial black-and-tan faction. The former was strongest in heavily white counties. The final victory of its opponent, the lily-white faction, came in 1964. The disintegration of their influence in
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#1732786991575180-517: The University of Mary Washington elected to rename the hall, as it runs against the university's ASPIRE policy of inclusion among all students. On July 24, 2020, Mary Washington renamed Trinke Hall to James Farmer Hall, after the prominent civil rights activist and former professor at the university. At William and Mary, Trinkle Hall was renamed in September 2020 to Unity Hall. Trinkle Hall on
195-722: The chairman and an elector of the Democratic Party in 1916. He served two terms in the Virginia Senate before his election as governor in 1921. Trinkle boasted of his support for woman suffrage and some newspapers credited his victory in the primary in part to the women's vote. Trinkle also acted as a delegate for Virginia to the Democratic National Convention in 1924 and 1928. On November 25, 1939, he died in Richmond, Virginia , and
210-407: The region, contributing to the rise of the lily-white movement which would clash with black-and-tans for decades to come. The black-and-tan faction was biracial. It sought to include most African-American voters within the party. They often took a prominent part in the national conventions of the Republican Party. One reason for the continuance of the black-and-tan faction was its effect in holding
225-597: Was interred in East End Cemetery in Wytheville. Trinkle Hall (formally known as Trinkle Library) on the campus of the University of Mary Washington and Trinkle Hall on the campus of the College of William and Mary were both named in his honor, as he helped secure funding to construct the buildings. However, due to the historical treatment of minorities during the Jim Crow segregation era in which he served,
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