Title: Edward W. Carmack Letter

Date/Date Range :    1906 May 19

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection consists of one letter, dated May 19, 1906, from Edward Carmack to Jefferson McCarn in which Carmack thanks McCarn for his support in wanting to nominate him for Governor.

Call number: MS-2747

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

This collection was purchased by Special Collections May 30, 2006.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], Edward W. Carmack Letter, MS-2747. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of a single folder.

Edward Ward Carmack, a Representative and a Senator from Tennessee; born near Castalian Springs, Sumner County, Tenn., November 5, 1858; attended Webb's School, Culleoka, Tenn.; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1879 and practiced in Columbia, Tenn.; city attorney of Columbia 1881; elected to the State house of representatives 1884; joined the staff of the Nashville Democrat in 1888; editor in chief of the Nashville American when the papers were merged; editor of the Memphis Commercial in 1892; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1897-March 3, 1901); elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1901, to March 3, 1907; unsuccessful candidate in 1906 for reelection; resumed the practice of law; unsuccessful candidate for nomination as Governor in 1908; resumed editorship of the Nashville American; died in a gun fight in Nashville, Tenn., November 9, 1908; interment in Rose Hill Cemetery, Columbia, Tenn.

This collection consists of one letter, dated May 19, 1906, from Edward Carmack to Jefferson McCarn in which Carmack thanks McCarn for his support in wanting to nominate him for Governor. Three years later McCarn would become the head prosecutor in the 1909 trial of Robin Cooper, who was accused of murdering Carmack in Nashville. For more McCarn material, see MS-2707 and MS-2759.

• Carmack, Edward Ward, 1858-1908.
• McCarn, Jefferson.