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West Virginia - Politics and government.

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Henry Gassaway Davis (1823-1916) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0013
Scope and Contents Correspondence and business papers of Henry Gassaway Davis (1823-1916), a successful businessman and politician from West Virginia. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1904. The collection largely documents his business and political career, although there are personal papers in the collection as well. His business interests were largely concerned with coal mining, timber, and railroads. Types of documents include letters, reports, account...
Dates: 1799-1919

Stephen B. Elkins Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0053
Overview Stephen Benton Elkins (b. 1841) represented West Virginia in the United States Senate as a Republican from 1895-1911. Prior to his Senate service, Elkins served in the Union Army during the Civil War as a captain in the Kansas Militia. He practiced law in the Territory of New Mexico in 1864 and served as a member of the Territorial House of Representatives, 1864-1865. He was the district attorney for the Territory from 1866-1867, and the United States district attorney for the Territory from...
Dates: 1841-1955

Stephen B. Elkins, Political Letter File Book regarding West Virginia Republican Party

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0548
Scope and Contents

Letter file book containing thirty-seven letters to Stephen B. Elkins from various West Virginia counties concerning political outlook for the Republican Party in 1900. It lists leading Republicans for each voting district in each county and includes one letter from Elkins to A. Howard Fleming, Fairmont, WV, outlining information he would like to have about Marion County.

Dates: 1899 May

William E. Glasscock (1862-1925), Governor, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1447
Scope and Contents Correspondence, speeches, and public papers of West Virginia's 13th governor. Papers deal primarily with the presidential election of 1904 in West Virginia; West Virginia Republican politics, 1904-1905; and Glasscock's role as Collector of Internal Revenues for West Virginia.Correspondents include William M.O. Dawson, Stephen B. Elkins, Elliott Northcott, Nathan B. Scott, and Harry C. Woodyard.Collection contains the papers of William L. Russell, general manager, and...
Dates: 1904-1925