Edward Ward Carmack papers, 1850-1942.

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Edward Ward Carmack papers, 1850-1942.

Papers, chiefly from 1890, of Edward Ward Carmack, the bulk pertaining to elections: 1896 and 1898 when Carmack was elected to the House; 1906 when he was defeated for re-election to the Senate; and 1908, when he was defeated in the Democratic primary for governor. These items include papers relating to the campaigns, speeches, and letters of congratulations. Also included are political scrapbooks; correspondence, 1902, and a scrapbook concerning the Philippine question (Carmack was anti- imperialist); messages received on Carmack's assassination; personal and business papers of Carmack's widow and son in the 1920s; a lettercopy book of a lumber business in Burnside, Ky., 1894-1895; and a collection of photographs of African American agricultural laborers and other plantation scenes.

5,000 items (6.0 linear feet)

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Carmack, Edward Ward, 1858-1908

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Editor of Nashville and Memphis, Tenn., newspapers, prohibitionist, U.S. representative, 1897-1901, and senator, 1901-1907. From the description of Edward Ward Carmack papers, 1850-1942. WorldCat record id: 24561258 Edward Ward Carmack (1858-1908) of Sumner County, Tenn., was a lawyer, editor of Nashville and Memphis, Tenn., newspapers, prohibitionist, United States representative, 1897-1901, and senator, 1901-1907. He was assassinated in Nashville in 1908 by Duncan Brown Co...

Democratic Party (Tenn.)

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