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The late U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd was universally regarded well by Democrats and Republicans at the statehouse. Well, almost universally loved.
From an email:
When GOP 1st Congressional District nominee David McKinley was in the WV House of Delegates there was a vote to thank Senator Byrd for his service to West Virginia. The bipartisan resolution passed 92-0, but David McKinley refused to vote. The Speaker, as rules require, asked McKinley to vote and then he, in very dramatic fashion, cast the ONLY vote against Sen. Byrd.
You can read about the whole episode in the Journal of the House of Delegates (71st Legislature, Volume II, 1994, pages 2329 through 2429).
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