United States. Congress
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Harry C. Woodyard (1867-1929) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2458
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, legal, and financial, and miscellaneous papers of a businessman and politician from Roane County, West Virginia, who was elected to the state Senate in 1898 and to the U.S. Congress as a Republican for several terms: 1902-11, 1916-23, 1925-27. His early business activity was in wholesale groceries and the lumber industry. He later engaged in newspaper publishing and owned an estimated eighteen weekly papers. Woodyard's sons continued in their father's business after his...
Dates:
ca. 1910-1929
John W. Davis (1873-1955) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2080
Overview
Correspondence of the 1924 Democratic presidential nominee; draft of a speech on legislative power; tickets to the Democratic National Convention in New York; and a poem concerning Davis' candidacy for president in 1924. Correspondence is between Davis and his nephew, John J.D. Preston, of Charleston. Subjects mentioned include politics, World War II, Davis' law practice, and family matters.
Dates:
1924-1943, 1953
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- Subject: Election of 1924. X
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- Chicago (Ill.) 1
- Democratic National Convention 1
- Elections 1
- Land. 1
- Los Angeles (Calif.) 1
- Lumber trade 1
- Maps. 1
- Roane County (W. Va.) 1
- San Francisco (Calif.) 1
- Taxation 1
- Washington (D.C.) 1
- World War, 1939-1945 1 + ∧ less
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