Summary
Aubrey Ellis Strode (October 2, 1873 – May 17, 1946) was an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat, he was a member of the Virginia Senate, representing the state's 19th district.[1][2] He was a strong advocate for Jim Crow laws.[3] Strode authored Virginia's sterilization law (Racial Integrity Act of 1924).[4] Strode wrote the Virginia Law Review in 1925 for sterilization.[5] Strode also represented the Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded in its court case for forced sterilizations of people identified as morons (feebleminded) based on eugenics arguments. Strode argued the test case for the forced Sterilization of Carrie Buck before the U.S. Supreme Court. Buck's attorney was a friend of Strode's since childhood, Irving Whitehead, who had also served on the Colony's board.[4]
Aubrey E. Strode | |
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| Member of the Virginia Senate from the 19th district | |
| In office January 12, 1916 – January 14, 1920 | |
| Preceded by | Bland Massie |
| Succeeded by | J. Belmont Woodson |
| In office January 10, 1906 – January 10, 1912 | |
| Preceded by | Bland Massie |
| Succeeded by | Bland Massie |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Aubrey Ellis Strode October 2, 1873 Amherst, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | May 17, 1946 (aged 72) Amherst, Virginia, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Rebekah Davies Brown Louisa Dexter Hubbard |
| Alma mater | University of Mississippi University of Virginia |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch/service | United States Army |
| Rank | Lieutenant colonel |
| Unit | J.A.G. Corps |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
References edit
- ^ Swem, Earl G. (1918). Register of the General Assembly of Virginia, 1776–1918. Richmond: Virginia State Library. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
- ^ Dodson, E. Griffith (1939). The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1919-1939: Register. Richmond: Virginia State Library. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
- ^ Adam Cohen (7 March 2017). Imbeciles: The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Sterilization of Carrie Buck. Penguin Publishing Group. pp. 166–. ISBN 978-0-14-310999-0.
- ^ a b DenHoed, Andrea (April 27, 2016). "The Forgotten Lessons of the American Eugenics Movement". The New Yorker. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
- ^ Sterilization for Defectives, 11 Virginia Law Review 296 (1925).
External links edit
- Aubrey E. Strode at The Virginia Elections and State Elected Officials Database Project, 1776-2007
- Aubrey E. Strode at Find a Grave
