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| name=Theodore Roosevelt "Ted" Dalton
| name=Theodore Roosevelt "Ted" Dalton
| image=Ted Dalton of VA.jpg
| image=Ted Dalton of VA.jpg
'''Parents''':<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
Currell Carroll and Lodoska Vernon Martin Dalton
Currell Carroll and Lodoska Vernon Martin Dalton
|alma_mater=[[College of William & Mary]]<br> (Bachelor of Arts)<br>
|alma_mater=[[College of William and Mary]]<br> (Bachelor of Arts)<br>
William & Mary Law School (Bachelor of Laws)
William and Mary Law School (Bachelor of Laws)
| occupation=[[Attorney]]
| occupation=[[Attorney]]
| known_for=The "Mr. Republican" of Virginia
| known_for=The "Mr. Republican" of Virginia
}}
}}
'''Theodore Roosevelt Dalton''', known as '"Ted" Dalton''' (July 3, 1901 – October 30, 1989), was an [[attorney]] who served as a [[Judge]] for the United States District Court for the Western District of his native [[Virginia] from 1959 to 1989. He is also described as Virginia's "[[Republican Party|Mr. Republican]]."
'''Theodore Roosevelt Dalton''', known as '''"Ted" Dalton''' (July 3, 1901 – October 30, 1989), was an [[attorney]] who served as a [[Judge]] for the United States District Court for the Western District of his native [[Virginia]] from 1959 to 1989. He is also described as Virginia's "[[Republican Party|Mr. Republican]]."
==Background==
==Background==
===Federal judicial service===
===Federal judicial service===
Dalton was nominated to his judgeship by President Eisenhower. He served as Chief Judge from 1960 to 197, when he assumed senior status on October 12, 1976.<ref name="auto"/> President [[Gerald Ford]] nominated Glen Morgan Williams (1920-2012) as Dalton's successor, after Republican U.S. Senator [[William L. Scott|William Lloyd Scott]] derailed the nomination of the President's first choice.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/pickingfederalju00gold|author=Sheldon Goldman|title=''Picking Federal Judges: Lower Court Selection from Roosevelt through Reagan''|publisher = [[Yale University]] Press (accessed via Google Books)|year = 1997|isbn = 0-300-08073-5|accessdate=November 2, 2021}}</ref> Dalton's service ended upon his death in Radford at the age of eighty-eight.<ref name=bio/>
Dalton was nominated to his judgeship by President Eisenhower. He served as Chief Judge from 1960 to 197, when he assumed senior status on October 12, 1976. President [[Gerald Ford]] nominated Glen Morgan Williams (1920-2012) as Dalton's successor, after Republican U.S. Senator [[William L. Scott|William Lloyd Scott]] derailed the nomination of the President's first choice.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/pickingfederalju00gold|author=Sheldon Goldman|title=''Picking Federal Judges: Lower Court Selection from Roosevelt through Reagan''|publisher = [[Yale University]] Press (accessed via Google Books)|year = 1997|isbn = 0-300-08073-5|accessdate=November 2, 2021}}</ref> Dalton's service ended upon his death in Radford at the age of eighty-eight.<ref name=bio/>
As a federal judge, Dalton presided over litigation that continued into the 1970s to implement the ''Brown'' decision in Virginia's public schools. Dalton, for instance ordered the desegregation plan for the public schools in Roanoke,
As a federal judge, Dalton presided over litigation that continued into the 1970s to implement the ''Brown'' decision in Virginia's public schools. Dalton, for instance ordered the desegregation plan for the public schools in Roanoke,
==Later years==
==Later years==
Dalton's wife, the former Mary Lou Turner, died in September 1988, the years before his own passing. His nephew and adopted son, [[John N. Nichols]], was elected in 1977 as the third Republican governor of the 20th century. Their next-door neighbor in Radford, Charlotte Milton Caldwell Giesen (1907-1995), became the first Republican woman elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1957.<ref name=atkinson/>
Dalton's wife, the former Mary Lou Turner, died in September 1988, the year before his own passing. His nephew and adopted son, [[John N. Dalton]], was elected in 1977 as the third Republican governor of the 20th century. Their next-door neighbor in Radford, Charlotte Milton Caldwell Giesen (1907-1995), became the first Republican woman elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1957.<ref name=atkinson/>
In 1968, Dalton was selected as an honorary member of the Order of the Coif of the law school of [[Washington & Lee University]] in Lexington, Virginia. Dalton also received an honorary doctorate of laws degree from his ''alma mater,'' the College of William & Mary in 1972.
In 1968, Dalton was selected as an honorary member of the Order of the Coif of the law school of Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. Dalton also received an honorary doctorate of laws degree from his ''alma mater,'' the College of William & Mary in 1972.
Dalton died at Radford Community Hospital of complications from [[pneumonia]]. He outlived his son, John Dalton, by three years. He and his wife and son are interred at Sunrise Burial Park in Fairlawn in Pulaski County, Virginia. Dalton's personal papers are held at the College of William & Mary.
Dalton died at Radford Community Hospital of complications from [[pneumonia]]. He outlived his son, John Dalton, by three years. He and his wife and son are interred at Sunrise Burial Park in Fairlawn in Pulaski County, Virginia. Dalton's personal papers are held at the College of William & Mary.