Virginia deGravelles
| Virginia deGravelles | |
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| Louisiana Republican Party National Committeewoman | |
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In office 1964–1968 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
Mary Virginia Wheadon December 4, 1915 Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, USA |
| Spouse(s) | Charles deGravelles (1913-2008; married 1935-his death) |
| Children |
Mary Alix deGravelles (deceased) |
| Occupation | Political activist |
| Religion | Episcopalian |
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(1) For a brief time in 1968, Virginia deGravelles and her husband, Charles deGravelles were simultaneous members of the Republican National Committee. |
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Mary Alix deGravelles (deceased)
Charles Nations deGravelles
John Wheadon deGravelles
Elizabeth Claire Cloninger
Virginia Ann McBride Norton
(1) For a brief time in 1968, Virginia deGravelles and her husband, Charles deGravelles were simultaneous members of the Republican National Committee.
(2) In 1941, the deGravelleses were the first two white Republicans in Lafayette Parish . By the start of the 21st century, the parish had become one of the most Republican-oriented in the state.
(3) In 2007, Mrs. deGravelles and her husband, Charles, were inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield.
Mary Virginia Wheadon deGravelles (/dəˈɡrævəls, -lᵻs/, or /ˈdɛɡrævəls/; born December 4, 1915) is a retiree from Lafayette who was the Louisiana Republican national committeewoman from 1964 to 1968, a position which constitutes automatic membership on the Republican National Committee. Her husband, Charles Camille deGravelles, Jr. (1913–2008), an oil and gas landman, was the state party chairman from 1968–1972 and is considered to have been one of the founders of the modern Louisiana GOP. In 1968, when Mrs. deGravelles vacated the national committee position, her state party had only 28,427 registered members, barely 2 percent of the state's voters.
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