Joseph Collier Hutcheson
Joseph C. Hutcheson | |
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| Member of the Virginia Senate from the 7th district | |
| In office January 8, 1958 – January 11, 1972 | |
| Preceded by | Albertis Harrison |
| Succeeded by | James T. Edmunds |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Joseph Collier Hutcheson July 23, 1906 |
| Died | February 14, 1972 (aged 65) |
| Party | Democratic |
| Education | University of Virginia (BA, LLB) |
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| Military service | |
| Branch/service | United States Navy |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
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Joseph Collier Hutcheson (July 23, 1906 – February 14, 1972) was a Virginia lawyer and member of the Virginia General Assembly representing Brunswick, Lunenburg and Mecklenburg Counties as a state Senator from 1958 until months before his death in 1972. A member of the Byrd Organization, Hutcheson opposed racial integration and was active in the Massive Resistance vowed by U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd after the U.S. Supreme Court decisions in Brown v. Board of Education.