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11 Facts About Albertis Harrison

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Albertis Harrison has been widely reported as related to Benjamin Harrison V who signed the Declaration of Independence and two United States presidents, William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison, the 9th and 23rd Presidents, however before his death, he found this to be false.

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Albertis Harrison went into legal practice in Lawrenceville, Virginia, where he became town attorney, before being elected commonwealth's attorney of Brunswick County.

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Albertis Harrison was elected to the Senate of Virginia in 1947.

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Albertis Harrison served there for ten years, before being elected Attorney General of Virginia in 1957.

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Albertis Harrison's administration increased educational financing for new schools and laboratories and raised teachers' pay.

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Albertis Harrison promoted the development of state-supported colleges and technical schools as well as improved vocational training.

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Albertis Harrison helped to modernize state banking laws to attract investment and accelerated highway construction.

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Albertis Harrison sat on the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, later renamed the Supreme Court of Virginia, from 1968 to 1981.

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Albertis Harrison told the board to comply unless they were willing to risk prosecution.

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Albertis Harrison died of a heart attack at his home in Lawrenceville on January 23,1995.

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Albertis Harrison is buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Lawrenceville, Virginia.