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Glass Appointed When Sen. Martin died in office in 1919. Gov. Westmoreland Davis appointed Carter Glass of Lynchburg as his successor. Sen. Glass continued to serve until 1946 when, at his death, he was succeeded by Congressman A. Willis Robertson of Lexington.
Mr. Robertson was nominated after a spirited fight at the Democratic convention in which he defeated Judge Howard Smith of The Plains for the party’s nod. In those days, the Democratic nomination was “tantamount to election."
Mr. Robertson was defeated in the stormy primary of 1966 by state Sen. William Spong of Portsmouth. Sen. Spong was duly elected, but in 1972 he was defeated after a single term by Eighth District Republican Congressman William Scott in one of the great upsets in Virginia's political history.
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