Democratic Party (U.S.)
Organization
Found in 45 Collections and/or Records:
Francis L. Warder Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1669
Overview
Papers of a Grafton attorney, judge of the Ninth Judicial Circuit, and coal producer. Material includes papers of the Taylor County Democratic Executive Committee, 1934; Anna Jarvis' correspondence concerning her legal affairs in Taylor County; and records of coal production at the Warder mine, 1948-1952.
Dates:
1934-1952
Frank Hereford (1825-1891) Correspondence
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1386
Scope and Contents
Correspondence of Congressman and U.S. Senator, Frank Hereford. Papers deal with the machinations of the Camden-Davis ring, Hereford's election to the Senate, and West Virginia politics. Most of the letters involve the attempts of Johnson Camden and John E. Kenna to secure Hereford a seat on the Utah Commission in 1886.
Correspondents include: J. Ogden Murray, John E. Kenna, Johnson N. Camden, Lewis Baker, John Brannon, John Echds, and J. W. McCreery.
Dates:
1874-1901
Frank Hereford (1825-1891) Correspondence
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1367
Scope and Contents
Hereford was a lawyer and politician and served in the House of Representatives from 1871 to 1877 when he was elected to the Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Allen T. Caperton. He served until 1881. The papers include letters of recommendation; congratulations on his election to the Senate; correspondence on West Virginia politics; an editorial letter on the "salary grab;" and letters urging Hereford to run for re-election in 1881.Correspondents include: Daniel...
Dates:
1866-1892
George C. McIntosh (1868-1935) Typed Document
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2599
Overview
Memoirs of a retired newspaperman, editor, and Republican state house representative (1898-1901). McIntosh supported the Republican party and coal operator interests through his newspapers and periodicals, which included: HUNTINGTON GAZETTE, HUNTINGTON SUNDAY GAZETTE, HINTON FREE LANCE, FAYETTE JOURNAL, NEWS-MAIL CO., RALEIGH HERALD, and company magazines for the Island Creek Coal Company and Solvay Collieries. McIntosh discusses: his early employment on the railroads as census taker and...
Dates:
1895-1920
George Seldon Wallace (1871-1963) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1710
Overview
Papers of a Huntington attorney, member of the West Virginia National Guard, 1909-1916, employee of the C&O Railway Company, president of the Union Bank and Trust Company of Huntington, president of the Ben Lomond Company, president of the Blackberry, Kentucky and West Virginia Coal and Coke Company, attorney for Central City, prosecuting attorney of Cabell County, 1905-1908, chairman of a county Democratic committee, and delegate to the Democratic National Convention, 1912. Wallace...
Dates:
1898-1963
Gideon D. Camden (1805-1891) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1199
Overview
Papers of Judge Gideon D. Camden (1805-1891) of Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia, and papers of his grandson Wilson Lee Camden (1870-1958). Gideon D. Camden was a lawyer, Democratic politician, member of the Virginia Convention of 1850-1851, circuit judge, and state senator (1872-1876). His papers include correspondence, legal and business papers, surveys and plats, and printed material. Subjects include Virginia, West Virginia, and national politics; the railroad, oil, timber, and...
Dates:
1784-1958, undated
Gray Silver (1870-1935), Agriculturalist and Banker, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0164
Overview
Personal and business papers of the Martinsburg agriculturalist and banker who was a representative of the American Farm Bureau Federation in Washington and a member of the West Virginia Senate, 1907-1913. Much of the material relates to fruit growing and marketing and other business activities of Silver, as well as Democrat politics. Subjects covered include: requests and discussions of the merits of political appointments; lobbying within and through the Democrat Party for agricultural...
Dates:
1903-1935
Harley Martin Kilgore (1893-1956), Senator, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3143
Overview
Papers of Harley M. Kilgore, U.S. Senator from West Virginia. Includes typescripts, clippings, printed materials, and correspondence regarding U.S. Senate voting and campaigning; the Senate Judiciary Committee; correspondence with Federal government agencies, various individuals, and West Virginia state agencies; Senate legislation on a variety of topics, including appropriation, education, health, and housing; various West Virginia subjects and individuals; Kilgore's speeches, press...
Dates:
ca. 1927-1956, undated
Harley Martin Kilgore (1893-1956), Senator, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0967
Scope and Contents
Papers of Harley M. Kilgore, U.S. Senator from West Virginia. Includes typescripts, correspondence, printed materials, clippings, broadsides, and a photograph. Topics include congressional bills and legislation on diverse subjects; committees with which Kilgore was involved, including the Senate
Military Affairs Subcommittee on War Mobilization, the Special Committee Investigating the National Defense Program (also known as the Truman Committee), the Committee on Military Affairs, and the...
Dates:
1937-1956
Henry Gassaway Davis (1823-1916) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1028
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and other papers of politician and industrialist Henry Gassaway Davis (November 16, 1823 - March 11, 1916), a Democrat who served in the West Virginia Legislature, 1866-1871, and the U.S. Senate, 1871-1883. Davis was also the Democratic vice-presidential nominee in 1904. A reel of microfilm includes two private account books (1867-1915) and a letter book (1898-1916), which mentions several state and national Democratic leaders including Stephen B. Elkins and John T. McGraw....
Dates:
1867-1916
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- Politics and government. 34
- Elections 25
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 17
- Coal mining. 11
- United States -- Politics and government 10
- Politicians -- United States 9
- Railroads 9
- New Deal, 1933-1939 7
- West Virginia -- Politics and government 7
- World War, 1914-1918 7
- Editors - letters and papers. 6
- Lumber trade 6
- Marion County (W. Va.) 6
- Petroleum industry and trade 6
- Judges - letters and papers. 5
- Land. 5
- Universities and colleges 5
- West Virginia - Governors. 5
- Women's history -- 1900-1929 5
- World War, 1939-1945 5
- Account books 4
- Banks and banking 4
- Diaries and journals. 4
- Fairmont. 4
- General stores 4
- United States Congressmen - West Virginia. 4
- West Virginia - Politics and government. 4
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 4
- Women's history -- 1929-1950 4
- Academies (Private schools) 3
- Agriculture 3
- Coal mining - coal operators associations. 3
- Coal mining -- Strikes 3
- Lewis County. 3
- Mills and mill-work 3
- Mountain Lake Park (Md.) 3
- Politicians 3
- Taxation 3
- Transportation 3
- Unions. 3
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 3
- West Virginia - politics. 3
- Women's history -- 1951-present 3
- Coal mines and mining 2
- Coal mining - Labor organization. 2
- Coal mining - coal companies. 2
- Democratic National Convention 2
- Education 2
- Fayette County (Pa.) 2
- Gas industry 2
- Kentucky 2
- Kingwood (W. Va.) 2
- Labor organization. SEE ALSO Coal mining - labor 2
- Maps. 2
- Ohio 2
- Pennsylvania 2
- Political campaigns 2
- Preston County (W. Va.) 2
- Taylor County (W. Va.) 2
- West Virginia - Constitutional Convention of 1872. 2
- Women -- Suffrage 2
- Advertising 1
- African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 1
- Banks - Bank of Bramwell. 1
- Banks - Union Bank and Trust Company. 1
- Barbour County (W. Va.) 1
- Beckley (W. Va.) 1
- Bluefield (W. Va.) 1
- Boone County (W. Va.) 1
- Bridges 1
- Cabell County (W. Va.) 1
- Camden-Davis ring 1
- Camp Chase (Ohio) 1
- Canadian Reciprocity Agreement 1
- Charleston Gazette 1
- Charleston. 1
- Church buildings 1
- Churches -- Methodist 1
- Civil War -- Camps and camp life 1
- Clay County (W. Va.) 1
- Coal - Island Creek Coal Co. 1
- Coal - Solvay Collieries. 1
- Coal - coal operators. 1
- Coal companies - Island Creek Coal Company. 1
- Coal companies - Solvay Collieries. 1
- Coal miners - March on Mingo and Logan. 1
- Coal mining - Logan Coal Operators Association. 1
- Coal mining - March on Mingo and Logan. 1
- Coal mining - West Virginia Coal Association. 1
- Colombia 1
- Communism 1
- Compromise of 1850 1
- Congressional Election of 1862 1
- Country stores. 1
- Court records 1
- Delaware 1
- Democratic National Convention of 1928. 1
- Democratic National Convention of 1956. 1
- Democratic Party 1
- Democratic Party - fund raising. 1 + ∧ less
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