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The Ben Atchley Papers include records from the life and career of Ben Atchley, a Republican politician from the State of Tennessee. The collection spans from 1965 to 2003 and focuses almost entirely on Atchley's career as a State Representative (1972-1976), State Senator (1977-2005), and Senate Republican Caucus Chairman (1983-1985).

Abstract Don Sundquist represented Tennessee’s seventh district in the United States House of Representatives for six terms (1982-1994) before serving as Governor of Tennessee from 1995 to 2003. As a congressman, Sundquist was a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, the House Republican Task Force on Ethics Reform and served as chairman of the House Republican Task Force on Trade. The largest part of this collection focuses on Sundquist’s work in the U.S. Congress, covering political,...

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This addendum to the papers of former Senator Howard H. Baker contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, photographs, schedules, speeches and other material related to the Senator's career and personal life. While some papers in the addendum cover roughly the same time and events as the Howard H. Baker Papers (MPA.101), this addendum also documents the Senator's political, legal and personal activities before and after his tenure in the Senate and White House.

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This addendum to the papers of former Senator Howard H. Baker contains correspondence, schedules, speeches and other material related to the Senator's career and personal life. While most of the papers in the addendum cover the years after the Senator's political career, there are also some papers related to his earliest political campaigns.

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In this letter, James W. Grimes provides a Mr. C. Lanman with some basic biographical information about himself.

Abstract This collection contains materials gathered by Lee Annis, Jr., for his biography of Howard Baker, titled Howard Baker: Conciliator in an Age of Crisis. These materials include transcripts of interviews Annis conducted with family and colleagues of Baker's, extensive research notes and news clippings. The collection also contains a pre-print copy of Annis's other book, Tennessee Senators 1911-2001: Portraits of Leadership in a Century of Change, miscellaenous research notes and...

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This collection consists of a letter dated November 19, 1888 from Congressman Leonidas Houk to constituent Lute H. Wayland.

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This collection consists of fifty letters from various United States Senators, Representatives, and other politicians to Ralph L. Benson in response to his inquiries into their presidential and vice-presidential ambitions.