Congressional Series. 1900-1919.

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Congressional Series. 1900-1919.

This series documents Lever's work on the Agricultural Committee, legislation which he supported, post office business, war claims, requests for positions in government, and correspondence with constituents. Lever corresponded with many influential government officials in state and national government including Woodrow Wilson, Senator Carter Glass of Virginia, and Herbert Hoover. He also corresponded with the two senators from South Carolina-- Benjamin Ryan Tillman and Ellison L. Smith--and South Carolina Governor Richard I. Manning. There is also a large amount of correspondence with constituents at home in Lexington and Richland counties. This series is arranged in an alphabetical subject file.

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Lever, Frank.

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South Carolina Congressman 1901-1919; member of the Federal Farm Board, 1919-1922; organizer of the First Carolina Joint Stock Land Bank, 1922-1929; Director of Public Relations, Farm Credit Administration, Southeastern Region, 1933-1940. From the description of Frank Lever papers 1895-1964 1900-1940. (Clemson University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 19365105 This series documents Lever's unsuccessful bid for the former seat he held in Congress. Lever lost to the incumbent...

Glass, Carter, 1858-1946

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Born in Lynchburg, Virginia, on 4 January 1858. Member of Virginia State Senate, 1898-1906; member of U.S. House of Representatives. 1902-1918; Secretary of the Treasury, 1918-1920, Member of U.S. Senate, 1920-1946. Died in Washington, D.C. on 28 May 1946. From the description of Letter : from Horace Mann Towner, 1925 Apr. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122701025 Virginia statesman; Secretary of the Treasury. From the description of Letter, 1933 February, Uni...

Manning, Richard Irvine (1859-1931)

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Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

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Herbert Clark Hoover (b. August 10, 1874, Iowa-d. October 20, 1964), thirty-first president of the United States, was born in Iowa, and was orphaned as a child. A Quaker known from his childhood as "Bert" to his friends, he began a career as a mining engineer soon after graduating from Stanford University in 1895. Within twenty years he had used his engineering knowledge and business acumen to make a fortune as an independent mining consultant. In 1914 Hoover administered the American Relief Com...

Tillman, Benjamin Ryan (1847-1918)

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