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{{Officeholder
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|name=Richard Harding “Dick” Poff
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|party=[[Republican]]
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|spouse=Jo Ann Topper (died 1978)<br>Jean Murphy
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{{Officeholder/representative
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|state=Virginia
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|district=6th
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|terms=January 3, 1953 – August 29, 1972
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|preceded=Clarence Burton
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|former=y
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|succeeded=Caldwell Butler
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'''Richard Harding “Dick” Poff''' (October 19, 1923 – June 27, 2011) was a [[Republican]] from [[Virginia]] who served as a U.S. representative from the state's 6th congressional district for nearly two decades. He was one of only two [[Republicans]] to sign the [[Southern Manifesto]] in opposing school desegregation,<ref>[https://www.congress.gov/84/crecb/1956/03/12/GPO-CRECB-1956-pt4-3.pdf GPO-CRECB-1956-pt4-3.pdf]. ''Congressional Record''. Retrieved April 28, 2021.</ref> the other being Joel T. Broyhill from the 10th congressional district of the state. He would later renounce his [[segregation]]ist stance.<ref name="Richard H. Poff, Who Withdrew Court Bid, Dies at 87">[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/02/us/02poff.html Richard H. Poff, Who Withdrew Court Bid, Dies at 87]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved April 28, 2021.</ref>
 
'''Richard Harding “Dick” Poff''' (October 19, 1923 – June 27, 2011) was a [[Republican]] from [[Virginia]] who served as a U.S. representative from the state's 6th congressional district for nearly two decades. He was one of only two [[Republicans]] to sign the [[Southern Manifesto]] in opposing school desegregation,<ref>[https://www.congress.gov/84/crecb/1956/03/12/GPO-CRECB-1956-pt4-3.pdf GPO-CRECB-1956-pt4-3.pdf]. ''Congressional Record''. Retrieved April 28, 2021.</ref> the other being Joel T. Broyhill from the 10th congressional district of the state. He would later renounce his [[segregation]]ist stance.<ref name="Richard H. Poff, Who Withdrew Court Bid, Dies at 87">[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/02/us/02poff.html Richard H. Poff, Who Withdrew Court Bid, Dies at 87]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved April 28, 2021.</ref>
  
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