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Thomas Staples Martin (July 29, 1847 – November 12, 1919) was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Albemarle County, Virginia, who founded a political organization that held power in Virginia for decades (later becoming known as the Byrd Organization) and who personally became a U.S. Senator who served for nearly ...
Dec 22, 2021 · Thomas Staples Martin was a railroad attorney, a longtime U.S. senator from Virginia (serving from 1895 until 1919), and an architect of the state Democratic Party machine that during his time was known as the Martin Organization.
One Virginian who has unfortunately fallen through the historical cracks is Senator Thomas Staples Martin, a Scottsville-born, twenty-six year Senator, whose career only ended with his death in 1919.
Thomas Staples Martin was a longtime U.S. senator (1895-1919) and de facto leader of the Virginia Democratic Party prior to the ascendancy of Harry F. Byrd Sr. and the Byrd Organization.
In the nomination of Mr. Thomas S. Martin, who has been chosen to succeed General Hunton, the action of the caucus is inexplicable upon any of the grounds to which the people of this State have been accustomed in such matters.
From the time he was first chosen to represent Virginie. in the United States Senate in 1893 until the end of his senatorial career in 1919, Thomas Staples Martin prevailed significantly in Virginia as well as National matters, and it is with this period that the writer is concerned.
Thomas Staples Martin (July 29, 1847 – November 12, 1919) was a Scottsville lawyer who served 26 years (from 1895 until 1919) in the United States Senate before his death while in office, at his home in Charlottesville.
