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J. Sargeant Reynolds

J. Sargeant Reynolds
30th Lieutenant Governor of Virginia
In office
January 17, 1970 – June 13, 1971
Preceded by Fred G. Pollard
Succeeded by Henry E. Howell, Jr.
Member of the Virginia Senate
from the 30th district
In office
January 10, 1968 – November 12, 1969
Preceded by FitzGerald Bemiss
Succeeded by L. Douglas Wilder
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Richmond City
In office
January 12, 1966 – January 10, 1968
Preceded by Fred G. Pollard
Succeeded by Eleanor Parker Sheppard
Personal details
Born Julian Sargeant Reynolds
(1936-06-30)June 30, 1936
New York, New York, U.S.
Died June 13, 1971(1971-06-13) (aged 34)
New York, New York, U.S.
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Elizabeth Weir Veeneman
Mary Ballou Handy
Alma mater University of Pennsylvania

Julian Sargeant "Sarge" Reynolds (June 30, 1936 – June 13, 1971) of Richmond, Virginia was a teacher, businessman, and Democratic politician. He served in both the House and Senate of the Virginia General Assembly and served as 30th Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia under Governor A. Linwood Holton, Jr.. He died of an inoperable brain tumor at age 34, while in office as Virginia's Lieutenant Governor.

Reynolds was born into wealth in New York City, the second son of Richard Samuel Reynolds, Jr. (president and CEO of Reynolds Metal Company), and Virginia McDonald Sargeant Reynolds. His grandfather had invented Reynolds Wrap and founded the metals company. His great-grandfather A.D. Reynolds of Bristol, Tennessee had been a successful tobacco farmer and brother of Richard Joshua Reynolds, who founded the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.

Sarge Reynolds was educated in Richmond, Virginia, graduating from St. Christopher's School in 1947, and from Woodberry Forest School in Orange, Virginia in 1954. He then went to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to attend the Wharton School of Finance, University of Pennsylvania. In 1958 he graduated 9th in his class of 356.


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