Papers, 1924-1965.

University of Alabama

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Broughton, J. Melville (Joseph Melville), 1888-1949

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Joseph Melville Broughton Jr. (1888–1949) was the 60th Governor of North Carolina from 1941 to 1945. He later briefly served as a United States Senator from January 3, 1949 until his death in office approximately two months later. Broughton graduated from Wake Forest College, in 1910 and taught school in Bunn, North Carolina, (1910-1912). He earned a law degree from Harvard University, in 1913, was admitted to the bar in 1914 and commenced to practice in Raleigh, North Carolina. He was a memb...

Hill, J. Lister (Joseph Lister), 1894-1984

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Joseph Lister Hill (December 29, 1894 – December 20, 1984) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Alabama in the U.S. Congress for more than forty-five years, as both a U.S. Representative (1923–1938) and a U.S. Senator (1938–1969). During his Senate career he was active on health-related issues, and served as Senate Majority Whip (1941–47), and Hill also served as the Chair of the Senate Labor Committee. At the time of his retirement, Hill was the fourth-mo...

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

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Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953, succeeding upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt after serving as the 34th vice president in early 1945. He implemented the Marshall Plan to rebuild the economy of Western Europe and established the Truman Doctrine and NATO to contain communist expansion. He proposed numerous liberal domestic reforms, but few were enacted by the Conservative Coalition that dominated Congres...

Saltonstall, Leverett, 1892-1979

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Leverett A. Saltonstall (September 1, 1892 – June 17, 1979) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts. He served three two-year terms as the 55th Governor of Massachusetts, and for more than twenty years as a United States Senator (1945–1967). Saltonstall was internationalist in foreign policy and moderate on domestic policy, serving as a well-liked mediating force in the Republican Party. He was the only member of the Republican Senate leadership to vote for the censure of Joseph...

United States. Supreme Court

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Supreme Court of the United States, final court of appeal and final expositor of the Constitution of the United States. Within the framework of litigation, the Supreme Court marks the boundaries of authority between state and nation, state and state, and government and citizen. Scope And Jurisdiction The Supreme Court was created by the Constitutional Convention of 1787 as the head of a federal court system, though it was not formally established until Congress passed the Judiciary Act in 17...

Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998

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George Corley Wallace Jr. (August 25, 1919 – September 13, 1998) was an American politician who served as the 45th Governor of Alabama for four terms. He is best remembered for his staunch segregationist and populist views. During his tenure, he promoted "low-grade industrial development, low taxes, and trade schools". He sought the United States presidency as a Democrat three times, and once as an American Independent Party candidate, unsuccessfully each time. Wallace notoriously opposed deseg...

Thurmond, Strom, 1902-2003

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James Strom Thurmond Sr. (December 5, 1902 – June 26, 2003) was an American military officer and politician who served for 48 years as a United States Senator from South Carolina. He ran for president in 1948 as the Dixiecrat candidate on a States' rights platform supporting racial segregation. He received 2.4% of the popular vote and 39 electoral votes, failing to defeat Harry Truman. Thurmond represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 until 2003, at first as a Southern De...

Gossett, Benjamin B.

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Ramsey, E.H.

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Kilby, Thomas Erby, 1865-1943

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Sauls, C.E.

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Tuck, William M. (William Munford), 1896-1983

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William Munford Tuck was born 28 September 1896 in Halifax County, Virginia, to William Robert James Tuck (1863-1930) and Virginia Susan Fitts Tuck (1860-1909). He was the grandson of the William Munford Tuck (1832-1899) of the biographical sketch he wrote. Tuck attended the College of William and Mary, but left to enlist in the United States Marine Corps during World War I. After the War he returned to Virginia and graduated from Washington and Lee University. He returned to Halifax County and ...

McCorvey, Gessner T. (Gessner Tutwiler), 1882-1965

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McCorvey, a former Alabama state Democratic executive committee chairman, is probably best known as one of the leaders of the Dixiecrat revolt of 1948. He was also heavily involved with the passage of the Boswell Amendment in 1945. Used selectively as a means to disfranchise blacks and poor whites, that amendment to the Alabama constitution required voters to interpret and explain any section of the U.S. Constitution. It was later declared unconstitutional by a Federal district court. ...

Patterson, John, 1921 September 27-

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Perez, Leander, 1891-1969

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Leander Perez was an American Democratic Party political boss of Plaquemines and St. Bernard parishes in southeastern Louisiana during the middle third of the 20th century. Officially, he served as a district judge, later as district attorney, and as president of the Plaquemines Parish Commission Council. He was known for leading efforts to enforce and preserve segregation....

Mitchell, Edwina W.

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Adamson, Reese.

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Mountain Brook Club (Ala.)

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Patterson, Albert, -1954

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Weibel, A.V.

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Mead, Arthur Raymond

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Martin, Wm. Logan (William Logan), 1883-1959

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Bradley, Palmer.

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Hobbs, Samuel Francis, 1887-1952

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University of Virginia

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University of Virginia student from Lexington, Ky.; afterwards a Presbyterian minister and missionary to Brazil. From the description of Diploma awarded to John Rockwell Smith [manuscript], 1866 June 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647905124 Lt., C.S.A.; teacher, Norwood School, Nelson County, Va.; principal Select School, New York, N.Y. From the description of Diplomas of Waller Holladay [manuscript], 1858-1872. (University of Virginia). WorldC...

Huddleston, George, 1920-1971

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Democratic Party (Ala.)

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The 1860 Democratic National Convention was one of the crucial events in the lead-up to the American Civil War. The official Democratic national convention adjourned in deadlock without choosing a candidate for President. A resumed official convention nominated Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois for President and former Senator Herschel V. Johnson of Georgia for Vice President. A "rump" convention, primarily Southerners, nominated Vice President John C. Breckinridge for Presiden...

Adkins, Homer Martin, 1890-1964

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Pharmacist, World War I army officer, governor of Arkansas (1941-1945), and administrator of Arkansas Employment Security Division. From the description of Homer M. Adkins papers, 1923-1964. (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 233697023 ...

Leigh, Norvelle R., b.1870.

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American Good Government Society.

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Graves, John Temple, 1892-1961

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Sewell, J. F

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Jones, George Bliss.

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Collins, Charles Dillard, 1942-

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Grant, George Alexander, 1891-1964

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Jones, Robert Emmett, 1912-1997

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Comer, B. B. (Braxton Bragg), 1848-1927

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Braxton Bragg (B. B.) Comer, 1848-1927, served as Governor of Alabama from 1907 to 1911. From the description of Printed materials collection, 1905-1911. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122368404 Braxton Bragg Comer of Birmingham and Comer, Barbour County, Ala., was president of Avondale Cotton Mills, planter, merchant, and prominent politician, who served as president of the Alabama Railroad Commission, 1904-1907; governor of Alabama, 1908-1911; and U.S. senator, 1920. ...

Alabama Forest Products Association.

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Redstone Club (Birmingham, Ala.)

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Smyer, Sidney W.

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States Rights Campaign Committee.

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Disney, Wesley E. (Wesley Ernest), 1883-1961

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Disney, a Democrat, represented Oklahoma's First District in the U.S. House from 1931-1944. He also practiced law. From the description of Congressional papers, 1909-1958. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 45789655 ...

Hoover, J.Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972

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Director of the FBI. From the description of Typed letter signed : Washington, D.C., to Arthur William Brown, 1941 Sept. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269555861 John Edgar Hoover (1895-1972) served from 1924 to 1972 as the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). As its first director, Hoover molded the FBI into his image of a modern police force. He promoted scientific investigation of crime, the collection and analysis of fingerprints and the hiring and ...

Redmond, Paul A. (Paul Alonzo), 1883-ca.1980.

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Maner, Pitt Tyson.

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Lloyd, Stewart J. (Stewart Joseph), 1881-1959

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Boykin, Matt A.

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Coley, C.J. (Clinton Jackson), 1902-.

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George, Walter F. (Walter Franklin), 1878-1959

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Walter Franklin George was born on a farm near Preston, Webster County, Georgia on 29 January 1878. He graduated from Mercer University, Macon, Georgia, in 1900 and from its law department in 1901. He was admitted to the bar in 1901 and commenced practice in Vienna, Georgia . He served as Solicitor General of the Cordele judicial circuit 1907-1912 and Judge of the Superior Court 1912-1917. From that bench he was elevated to Judge of the Court of Appeals of Georgia from January to October 1917. H...

Vardaman, John W. (John Wesley), 1915-1979

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Edwards, Charles W.

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Bane, Frank, 1893-1983

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Public official. From the description of Reminiscences of Frank Bane : oral history, 1965. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309728321 From the description of Oral history interview with Frank Bane, 1965. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122569453 ...

Dixon, George R.

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Sparks, Chauncey, 1884-1968

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Chauncey Sparks was a prominent public figure who served in a variety of positions in Alabama, including Barbour County inferior court judge, Eufaula city attorney, and Alabama Department of Archives and History trustee. He also served in the Alabama state legislature, and from 1943 to 1947, he was governor of the state. From the description of Papers, [190-?]-[196-?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122388466 ...

Lewis, Ed S.

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States Rights Party Convention( 1948: Birmingham).

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Republican Party (Ala.)

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The Alabama Republican Party was established in 1867. From the description of Records, 1928-1984. (Auburn University). WorldCat record id: 32506228 ...

Americans for Constitutional Actions.

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Mushat, Roland G.

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Abernethy, Tom (Thomas Young), 1908-.

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Lehman, Erwin R.

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Malone, Wallace D.

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Kelly, W. Clark.

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Eastland, James O. (James Oliver), 1904-1986

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James Oliver Eastland (b. November 28, 1904, Doddsville, Mississippi-d. February 19, 1986, Doddsville, Mississippi) was a U.S. Senator from Mississippi. Eastland began his career as a lawyer practicing in Mississippi. He then went on to serve as a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1928-1931. In 1941, Eastland served a temporary appointment to the U.S. Senate to fill a vacant seat made by the death of Pat Harrison. Eastland was then officially elected as a Democrat to the U....

Mullins, W.K.

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States Rights Democratic Campaign Committee.

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Davis, P. O. (Posey Oliver), 1890-1973

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Director, Alabama Cooperative Extension Service (1937-1959), Auburn University, Alabama. Prior to his tenure as the Extension Service Director, Davis was a horticulturalist with the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station (1916-1917), an agriculturalist with Southern Railway (1917-1918), worked with boys's 4-H Clubs (1918-1920), worked with the periodical Progressive Farmer (1920), and served as director of publicity at Auburn University. From the description of Papers, 1917-1971. (A...

Alabama State's Rights Committee.

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Tucker, Earl William

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Battle, Laurie C. (Laurie Calvin), 1912-2000

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Boutwell, Albert Burton, 1904-1978

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Arant, Douglas, 1897-1987

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Guntersville Lake Yacht Club.

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Shelton, Barrett C. (Barrett Clinton), 1902-.

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Wood, E. Boyne

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McMillan, Ed Leigh, 1888-1977

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Lawson, Thomas S. (Thomas Seay), b.1906.

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Blanton, George Claiborne

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Goodwyn, Gardner F.

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Byrd, Harry F. (Harry Flood), 1887-1966

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Theodore Roosevelt Dalton was born 3 July 1901 in Carroll County, Virginia, the son of Currell and Lodoska Maritn Dalton. he received his B.A. from the College of William and Mary as well as his law degree. Dalton was Commonwealth's Attorney for Radford, Virginia and state senator from 1944-1960. He was the Republican Party candidate for governor in 1953 and 1957. Dalton was appointed federal judge for the Western District of Virginia. His adopted son was John N. Dalton who served as governor of...

Hanson, Clarence (Clarence Bloodworth), 1907-.

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Bishop, Maurice

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Bankhead, John Hollis, 1872-1946

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U.S. senator from Alabama. From the description of Letter, 1932 Jan. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70974791 Bankhead was born 1872 July 2 to John H. and Tallulah Brockman Bankhead at Moscow, Lamar Co., Ala. He graduated from the University of Ala. with a B.A. in 1891 as president of his class. He graduated from Georgetown University in 1893 with a Bachelor of Laws, again as president of his class. That same year he began practicing law in Jasper,...

Dabney, Virginius, 1901-1995

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Newspaper editor. From the description of Reminiscences of Virginius Dabney : oral history, 1975. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122513091 Virginia newspaper editor and author. From the description of Papers of Virginius Dabney [manuscript], 1926-1987. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647806495 From the description of Papers, 1926-1987. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32958583 Editor...

Rix, Carl B. (Carl Barnett), 1878-1963

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Norwood, Percy Owens

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Connor, Eugene, 1897-1973

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Wood, Henry C.

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Jemison, Robert (Robert Underwood), 1878-1927.

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United States. Interstate Commerce Commission

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Clyde Bruce Aitchison (1875-1962) was an attorney and Interstate Commerce Commissioner. He was born in Iowa, educated at Hastings College, Neb., University of Oregon, and American University. He began the practice of law at Council Bluffs, Iowa in 1896, and moved to Portland, Ore., in 1903. He was Commissioner of the Oregon Railroad Commission and its successor the Public Service Commission, 1907-1916, and solicitor for the National Association of Railroad Commissioners, 1916-1917. From 1917 to ...

Graves, Bibb, 1873-1942

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Andrews, George William, 1906-1971

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Andrews, a native of Clayton, Alabama, graduated with a law degree from the University of Alabama in 1928. In 1930, he was elected circuit solicitor (district attorney) for Alabama's Third Judicial Circuit. He served as a lieutenant (j.g.) in the Navy during World War II. In 1944, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from the Third Congressional District of Alabama, where he served until his death in 1971. His widow, Elizabeth Bullock Andrews, was elected to serve the remainder of...

Rushton, William J.

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Verwolt, Howard W.

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Kerr, Robert S. (Robert Samuel), 1896-1963

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Kerr was a lawyer and chairman of the board of Kerr-McGee Oil Industries, Inc. He was governor of Oklahoma, 1943-1947. He also represented Oklahoma in the U. S. Senate, 1949-1963. As senator, he chaired the Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences (1961-1963) and the Select Committee on National Water Resources (1959-1960). Kerr was a Democrat. From the description of Papers, 1909-1970, bulk 1931-1962. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 518140987 ...

Hall, Horace A. (Horace Alphonso), 1907-

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Wright, J. Handly

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Bridgewater, (Rockingham Co.), Va. resident. From the description of Ledger, 1905. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36579421 ...

Farley, James A. (James Aloysius), 1888-1976

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Business executive and U.S. postmaster general 1933-1940. From the description of Correspondence to Maxwell Struthers Burt, 1949. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122446088 James A. Farley was a Democratic party leader and a U.S. Postmaster General. From the description of James A. Farley letter, 1971 Feb. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122411243 Politician. From the description of Reminiscences of James Aloysius ...

Jones, Sam H. (Sam Houston), 1897-1978

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Governor of Louisiana, 1940-1944. From the description of Sam Houston Jones oral history interview, 1977. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 244445167 Sam Houston Jones was born in Merryville, Louisiana; he married Louise Gambrell Boyer in 1934 and had 4 children. He attended Louisiana State University Law School and was admitted to the Louisiana Bar Association in 1922. He practiced law in DeRidder, Louisiana, served as assistant district attorney of the 14th...

State Democratic Executive Committee of Alabama.

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Wilkinson, Horace C.

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Comer, Hugh, 1892-1962.

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Dunn, Loula (Loula Friend), b.ca.1890.

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Alabama State Chamber of Commerce

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Jones, Thomas Goode, 1844-1914

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Thomas Goode Jones was born on 1844 Nov. 26 at Macon, Ga. He was educated by tutors, Mongomery, Ala. schools, the schools of Dr. Charles Minor and Gesner Harrison in Virginia, and the Virginia Military Institute. Within months of joining the Confederate Army he rose to the rank of major. Following the war, he served as captain of the Montgomery Greys, Co. A., Second Regiment, Ala. State Troops, and colonel of the Second Infantry Regiment, Alabama State Troops, from 1880 to 1890. Between 1866 and...

Albritton, Robert B.

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Boykin, Frank W. (Frank William), 1885-1969

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Frank W. Boykin was a U.S. Representative from Alabama from his election in 1935 to the early 1960s. He was also a businessman involved with real estate development, timber, and naval stores. From the description of Papers, 1911-1972. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122284922 ...

Cobbs, Hamner.

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States' Rights Democratic Party

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Dixon, Frank M. (Frank Murray), 1892-1965

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Dixon was born 1892 July 25 to Frank and Launa Murray Dixon in Oakland, Cal. In 1906 he entered Phillips Academy in Exeter, N.H.; then attended Columbia University for one term. He graduated from the University of Virginia in 1916 with an LL.B., and was admitted to the Ala. bar in 1917. That same year he entered the U.S. Army and fought overseas in World War I. He was attached to the French Army as an aerial observer. On 1918 July 21 he was wounded, which caused the amputation of hi...

Comer, Donald, 1877-1963.

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Son of Governor Braxton Bragg Comer, Donald Comer had a long and distinguished career in Alabama. Along with his family he controlled Avondale Mills in Sylacauga, Ala. From the description of Papers, 1921-1952. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122439309 ...

Associated Industries of Alabama.

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Roberts, E. A. (Ellis A.)

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Wicker, John J. (John Jordan), 1893-

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Wicker was a Lawyer in Richmond and a Virginia state senator. He served on the Virginia War Memorial Board. From the description of Papers, 1954-1983 (bulk 1978-1982). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122602515 ...

Hall, Grover C. (Grover Cleveland), 1915-1971

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Grover Cleveland Hall, Jr. was associate editor, editor, and editor in chief for the Montgomery Advertiser (Ala.) from 1947-1966. From the description of Papers, 1939-1975. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122442065 ...

Johnson, Paul B. (Paul Burney), 1880-1943

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Laney, Benjamin Travis, 1896-1977

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Folsom, James Elisha

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James E. Folsom was born 1908 Oct. 9 to Joshua Marion and Eulala Cornelia Dunnavant Folsom in Farmer's Academy, Coffee County, Ala. When he was two the Folsom family moved to Elba. James E. was the sixth of seven children. Folsom attended public schools and attended both the University of Ala. and Howard College for short stints in the years 1927-1929. During the Depression Folsom worked in the Civil Works Administration, heading up the Marshall Co. office until 1934. He...

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York. He was the son of James (lawyer, financier) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt. He married Anna Eleanor Roosevelt on March 17, 1905, and had six children: Anna, James, Franklin, Elliott, Franklin Jr., John. He received his B.A. from Harvard in 1904 and later attended Columbia University Law School. Roosevelt was admitted to the Bar in 1907 and worked for the Carter, Ledyard, and Milburn firm in New York City from 1907 to 19...

Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn), 1880-1969

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John L. Lewis was born in Lucas, Iowa in 1880. From 1917 until his death in 1969 he served the United Mine Workers of America, acting as its president from 1920 to 1960. Lewis led in the establishment of the Congress of Industrial Organizations and served as CIO president until his resignation from that post in 1940. From the description of Papers, 1879-1969. [microform] (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64091529 From its founding in 1935 until 1942, the hist...

Barr, John U.

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Leigh, Norvelle R., b.ca.1910.

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Broadway, Frank Edward

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Jefferson, Floyd W. (Floyd Wellman), 1878-

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Arnall, Ellis Gibbs, 1907-1992

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Ellis Gibbs Arnall (1907- ), Georgia Governor (1943-1947). From the description of Ellis Gibbs Arnall oral history interview, 1971 July 24 and September 16. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38726976 From the description of Ellis Gibbs Arnall oral history interview, 1976 July 6. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38476301 From the description of Ellis Gibbs Arnall oral history interview, 1977 July 27. (Georgia State University). WorldCat r...

Ayers, Harry M. (Harry Mell), 1885-1964

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Taft, Robert A. (Robert Alphonso), 1889-1853

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Robert A. Taft More than "Mr. Republican" In 1947, Republican Senator Robert A. Taft was at the peak of his power, commanding a coalition of conservative Republicans and southern Democrats to thwart President Harry S. Truman's domestic agenda. Taft's most impressive achievement came in June. The labor-restricting Taft-Hartley Act survived Truman's veto and won Taft the admiration of the press corps. Yet he did not seek the highest political office in the Senate; indeed, the title "majority...

Wright, Fielding (Fielding Lewis), 1895-1956

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Brewster, Owen, 1888-1961

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Lawyer, statesman, governor of Maine, and U.S. senator; b. Ralph Owen Brewster. From the description of Christmas card, 1927. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70926064 ...

Gibson, Merritt A

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American bar association

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED In 1971 the American Bar Association formed a committee to prepare a study "...on the respective powers under the Constitution of the President and of the Congress to enter into and conduct war." The committee was chaired by Lyman M. Tondel, Jr. and the project was funded by the Association's Fund for Public Education which in turn contracted with Columbia University to carry out the study. The staff included Abraham D. Sofaer, Project Director and Adjunct Professor of Law at C...

Russell, Henry Patrick, 1851-

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Wright, Wallace B.

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Rushton, Marion, .b. 1893.

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Kohn, John P.

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Smith, J. Craig (James Craig), 1905-1977

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Stainback, Blake.

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Sterne, Mervyn H.

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Birmingham Kiwanis Club (Ala.)

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Alabama State Bar Association

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Alabama Education Commission.

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McGowin, Earl M. (Earl Mason), 1901- .

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Pettus, Edmund M.

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Stanley, Cash M. (Cassius Miller), 1878-1964

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Holland, Spessard L. (Spessard Lindsey), 1892-1971

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Lawyer, judge, governor, and U.S. Senator from Florida. Born in Bartow, Florida. Educated at Emory University and the University of Florida. Served in the Florida Senate, 1933-1939; Governor of Florida, 1941-1945; U.S. Senate, 1946-1971. From the description of Spessard L. Holland Papers, 1913-1972. (University of Florida). WorldCat record id: 27175101 Spessard Lindsey Holland's career in public service spanned approximately fifty years....

Jones, Walter Burgwyn, 1888-1963

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Walter B. Jones was the son of Alabama governor (1890-1894) and U.S. District Judge, Thomas Goode Jones. Walter Jones was a member of the Alabama House of Representatives (1919-1920) and a circuit judge in Alabama (1920-1935). He was a columnist for the Montgomery Advertiser and a state commander of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. A dissident Democratic elector from Alabama cast one electoral vote for Jones for President of the United States in 1956. From the description of Walter ...

Owen, Marie Bankhead, 1869-1958

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Marie Bankhead Owen, after the death of her husband Thomas McAdory Owen, became the Director of the Alabama Dept. of Archives and History. She retired in 1953 and during her tenure she was instrumental in having the Archives building constructed (1939). From the description of Family photographs, [18--]-[19--]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122548623 ...

Rains, Albert (Albert McKinley), 1902-1991

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Gardner, L. Max

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Committee for Constitutional Government

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Persons, Gordon, 1902-1965

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Gordon Persons was elected Governor of Alabama in 1951. From the description of Letter, 1951. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122438476 ...

National States' Rights Democrats Campaign Committee.

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Robert, Lawrence Wood, 1889-1976

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Democratic National Committee.

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Waterman Steamship Corporation (Ala.)

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Newsome, John.

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Martin, Thomas W. (Thomas Wesley), 1881-1964

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Thomas W. Martin attended the University of Alabama and eventually became General Counsel for the Alabama Power Company in 1912. In 1920 he was made President of the company, a post which he held until 1949. Thomas Martin was also involved in other organizations including the Southern Research Institute of Birmingham, the Alabama State Chamber of Commerce and the Southern Association of Science and Industry. From the description of Printed materials, 1931-196...

Fitts, William B.

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Sparkman, John, 1899-1985

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Senator. From the description of Reminiscences of John Sparkman : oral history, 1962. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122481724 From the description of Reminiscences of John Sparkman : oral history, 1969. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122513439 John Jackson Sparkman (b. Dec. 20, 1899, Morgan County, Ala.-d. Nov. 16, 1985, Huntsville, Ala.), U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Alabama, was ...

Givhan, Walter.

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Rector, Stanley.

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Englehardt, Sam (Samuel Martin), 1887-1957.

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St. John, Finis E. (Finis Ewing), 1909-.

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Barnett, Ross B.

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Oliver, S. C.

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