John Sharp Williams letters, 1904-1907.

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John Sharp Williams letters, 1904-1907.

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In the first two letters, written to Judge Alton B. Parker in May and June of 1904, Williams expresses his view that the United States ought to grant the newly acquired territory of the Philippines Islands its independence after a transitional period of occupation. Writing again to Judge Parker in 1907 from Washington, D.C., Williams describes his ambivalent feelings about an immigration bill being debated in Congress.

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Parker, Alton B. (Alton Brooks), 1852-1926

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Alton Brooks Parker (May 14, 1852 – May 10, 1926) was an American judge, best known as the Democrat who lost the presidential election of 1904 to incumbent Theodore Roosevelt in a landslide. A native of upstate New York, Parker practiced law in Kingston, New York, before being appointed to the New York Supreme Court and elected to the New York Court of Appeals; he served as Chief Judge of the latter from 1898 to 1904, when he resigned to run for president. In 1904, he defeated liberal publish...

Williams, John Sharp, 1854-1932

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John Sharp Williams of Mississippi was a congressman 1893-1907 and a senator 1911-1923. At the time of the writing of this letter he was chairman of the Senate Committee on the Library. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1917. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 191100814 Born in Memphis, Tenn., but raised in Yazoo City, Miss., John Sharp Williams practiced law and dabbled in cotton planting before being elected in 1893 as a Democrat to ...