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{{Officeholder/representative
|state=West Virginia
|district=6th
|terms=January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1959
|preceded=E.H. Hedrick
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|succeeded=John M. Slack, Jr.
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{{Cquote|I shall never fight in the armed forces with a Negro by my side}}
{{Cquote|I shall never fight in the armed forces with a Negro by my side}}
By the 1950s, he was no longer involved with the Ku Klux Klan. To this day, he acknowledges the poor choice he made, and like [[Strom Thurmond]], (who originally ran on a segregationist platform) says he regrets being involved with the group. However, he was involved in a controversy in 2001 over his use of a racial epithet as part of a metaphor during an interview on race relations by [[Tony Snow]].
By the 1950s, he was no longer involved with the Ku Klux Klan. To this day, he acknowledges the poor choice he made, and like [[Strom Thurmond]], (who originally ran on a segregationist platform) says he regrets being involved with the group. However, he was involved in a controversy in 2001 over his use of a racial epithet as part of a metaphor during an interview on race relations by [[Tony Snow]]. <ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FIBJt-c2o0</ref>
==Congressional service==
==Congressional service==