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Creator: Underwood, Oscar W. (Oscar Wilder), 1862-1929 Date: 1912 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Letter dated June 10, 1912, from lawyer and politician Oscar Underwood to Henry B. Gray. Underwood ran for President of the United States in 1912 and 1924 and is the only individual to serve as the Democratic leader in both the Senate and House of Representatives. Henry B. Gray served as the sixt... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Creator: King, William R. (William Rufus), 1786-1853 Date: 1848-08-26 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: <p> William Rufus King (1786-1853) was elected as Vice President of the United States under President Franklin Pierce in 1852, becoming the only Alabamian to ever be elected to executive office. Earlier, King served as a U.S. representative from North Carolina and as a senator from Alabama. He al... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Creator: Clay, Clement Comer, 1789-1866 Date: 1834-05-10 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Following his time spent as a congressman in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1828 to 1835, Clement Comer Clay (1789-1866) was elected governor of Alabama. Just two years later in 1837 Clay was appointed U.S. Senator (this was before senators were elected by popular vote). Clay and his fami... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Date: 1835-06-14 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Jack Shackelford (1790-1857) was a medical doctor, politician and solider, who played a key role in the Texas Revolution. With the outbreak of the Texas Revolution in October 1835, just a few months after this letter was written, Shackelford raised a unit in Courtland, Lawrence County, Alabama. T... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Creator: Bibb, William Wyatt, 1781-1820 Date: 1811-11-28 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: Before becoming Alabama's first governor in 1819, William Wyatt Bibb (1781-1820) was a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator. This 1811 letter was written during Bibb's tenure as a U.S. Representative. Considered by some to have been a "war hawk", Bibb expresses in the letter his beliefs in a st... View Full Item at Samford University Library -
Creator: Morgan, John Tyler, 1824-1907 Date: 1896-07-05 Contributing Institution: Samford University Library Description: <p> In the letter Morgan discusses the Nicaraguan Canal issue, as well as the major economic policy issue of free silver. Regarding the canal issue, Morgan writes: "The canal is, with our people an Alabama question, for which nothing can be substituted." </p> <br> <p> John Tyler Morgan (1824-1907... View Full Item at Samford University Library