appropriations; Crump, E. H.; government; immigration; law; legislation; military; pardons; parole; passports; politics; post office; public service; rural routes;
Kenneth McKellar was born in 1869 near Richmond, Alabama. In 1892, after receiving a Bachelor’s, Master’s and law degree from the University of Alabama, he moved to Memphis. He began his extensive political career when he was selected as a...
Henry Loeb, III was born into a wealthy and prominent family in Memphis in 1920. After graduating from Brown University and serving as a Naval lieutenant World War II, he returned to civilian life in Memphis. As Secretary of Loeb’s...
business; Chandler, Walter; Crump, E. H.; economy; education; government; hospitals; housing; law; legislature; machine politics; mayors; municipal government; politics; public safety; public service; race; transportation;
Walter Chandler, who served as Mayor of Memphis during World War II, and then again briefly in 1955, was born in Jackson, Tennessee, in 1887. He moved to Memphis as a teenager and attended public schools. After earning a law degree from the...
campaigns; elections; Green Party; LaDuke, Winona; Nader, Ralph; politics;
A flyer for the Green Party candidates in the 2000 election, Ralph Nader and Winona LaDuke. The flyer compares Nader's platform to that of Gore and Bush.
elections; Hale, E. W.; Overton, Watkins; politics; voting;
A sample ballot identifying the Overton-Hale Ticket. Candidates include: Raymond M. Briggs, John M. Heiskell, Harry Adams, J.O. Bomer, Jr., Sam F. Cole, Perry H. Sellers, Sam D. Campbell, Albert Carruthers, Robert Gregory, Sylvanus Polk, Anthony...
A sample ballot of the "Walter Chandler Ticket," the Democratic Party Ticket. Includes members of both parties: Adlai E. Stevenson, John Sparkman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard M. Nixon, Robart F. Atkins, Richard M. Barber, Albert Gore,...
