right of every citizen to select his personal associates is being violated. Monday, July 9, 1956, Congressional Record I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Congressional Record the weekly newsletter of my distinguished successor in the Seventh Congressional District of Virginia, Representative Burr P Harrison, in which he discussed the so-called civil rights bill now under consideration by the House. Representative Harrison's analysis is lucid and accurate, and I fully endorse the position he has taken in opposition to it. Harrison had stated: Even a casual reading of this bill, sponsored by the President, reveals it as one of the most drastic measures ever to receive consideration by the Congress. It would set up a Federal Commission with a staff of snoopers who could roam the length and breadth of the United States, armed with subpoenas, looking for civil-rights incidents. One of the objectives of this Commission would be to advance the idea of complete racial integration in private business. Death In 1971, Robertson died in Lexington, Virginia and was buried in Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, later renamed Oak Grove Cemetery. His papers are held at the Swem Library at the College of William and Mary. Electoral history 1934; Robertson was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives with 68.33% of the vote, defeating Republican J. Everett Will, Socialist Lester Ruffner, and Independent W.R. Eubank. 1936; Robertson was re-elected with 63.87% of the vote, defeating Republican Will and Socialist Ruffner. 1938; Robertson was re-elected with 63.87% of the vote, defeating Republican Charles C. Leap. 1940; Robertson was re-elected with 65.11% of the vote, defeating Republican Jacob A. Garber and now-Communist Ruffner. 1942; Robertson was re-elected unopposed. 1944; Robertson was re-elected with 59.87% of the vote, defeating Republican D. Wampler Earman. 1966; Robertson was defeated in a bid for re-election to the US Senate. Footnotes External links 1887 births 1971 deaths 20th-century American politicians Civil rights movement County and city Commonwealth's Attorneys in Virginia Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia Democratic Party United States senators from Virginia Members of Sons of Confederate Veterans Old Right (United States) People from Lexington, Virginia Politicians from Martinsburg, West Virginia American segregationists Democratic Party Virginia state senators University of Richmond alumni 20th-century American Episcopalians