A. S. Priddy Explained

Birth Name:Albert Sidney Priddy
Birth Date:7 December 1865
Birth Place:Charlotte, Virginia, U.S.
Death Place:Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S.
Office1:Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Charlotte County
Term Start1:December 6, 1899
Term End1:December 4, 1901
Predecessor1:William C. Carrington
Successor1:Henry C. Rice
Term Start2:December 6, 1893
Term End2:December 4, 1895
Predecessor2:John D. Shepperson
Successor2:Henry C. Rice
Party:Democratic
Education:College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore
Spouse:Mamie Hardy

Albert Sidney Priddy (December 7, 1865 – January 13, 1925) was an American physician and politician. He served two non-consecutive terms as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Charlotte County. A proponent of eugenics and compulsory sterilization, Priddy was instrumental in the founding of the Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded and served as its first superintendent.[1] It was in this capacity that he was named as defendant in the case Buck v. Priddy. The case was later renamed Buck v. Bell after his death in 1925 and made it to the Supreme Court of the United States.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Epileptic Colony Chief Succumbs. Richmond Times-Dispatch. January 14, 1925. 2. Newspapers.com.