Title: Edward W. Carmack Pamphlets

Date/Date Range :   circa 1905-circa 1907

Extent: 0.7 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection consists of seven campaign pamphlets dating from 1905 to 1907 supporting Senator Edward W. Carmack's re-election to the U.S. Senate.

Call number: MS-2952

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

Aquisition Information:

Purchased by Special Collections, September 25, 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 Pamphlets, MS-2952. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

This collection consists of seven folders in one box.

Edward Ward Carmack was born on 5 November 1858 in Sumner County, Tennessee. He studied law at Cumberland University and was admitted to the Tennessee Bar in 1879. He practiced in Columbia, Tennessee (including service as Columbia's City Attorney in 1881) until he was elected to the Tennessee Sate House of Representatives in 1884. He served in this capacity until 1888, when he joined the staff of the Nashville Democrat. He later worked with the Nashville American and served as the editor of the Memphis Commercial. He returned to politics in 1897, when he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. He served until 1901, when he was elected to the U.S. Senate. He was not re-elected in 1906 and was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination for Governor of Tennessee in 1908.

Following this defeat, Carmack returned to journalism (this time as editor of the Nashville Tennesseean ) and used this newspaper to attack successful candidate Malcolm R. Patterson and Patterson supporter (and Carmack's former friend) Duncan Brown Cooper. The situation became violent on 9 November 1908 when Cooper and his son, Robin, met Carmack on a Nashville street. Carmack feared an ambush and opened fire, wounding Robin. Robin returned fire and killed Carmack. After his death, Carmack became a symbol for the Prohibition movement, which portrayed him as a slain martyr.

This collection consists of seven campaign pamphlets dating from 1905 to 1907 supporting Senator Edward W. Carmack's re-election to the U.S. Senate.

• Carmack, Edward Ward, 1858-1908.
• Campaign literature -- 1906 -- Democratic -- Tennessee.
• United States -- Politics and government -- 1901-1909.
• Tennessee -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.