J. Sargeant Reynolds | |
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30th Lieutenant Governor of Virginia | |
In office January 17, 1970 – June 13, 1971 |
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Preceded by | Fred G. Pollard |
Succeeded by | Henry E. Howell, Jr. |
Member of the Virginia Senate from the 30th district |
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In office January 10, 1968 – November 12, 1969 |
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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 |
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Preceded by | Fred G. Pollard |
Succeeded by | Eleanor Parker Sheppard |
Personal details | |
Born |
Julian Sargeant Reynolds June 30, 1936 New York, New York, U.S. |
Died | June 13, 1971 New York, New York, U.S. |
(aged 34)
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.