C.P. Dorr, Congressman, Letters regarding Re-Election

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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], C.P. Dorr, Congressman, Letters regarding Re-Election, A&M 0304, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
0 Linear Feet 22 pages
Creator:
Dorr, C.P.
Abstract:
Letters from West Virginia newspapers and organizations such as the West Virginia Editorial Association concerning Dorr's prospects for his first re-election as a Congressman. The correspondence is indicative of the lobbying efforts exercised by the press on the political process of that era.
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], C.P. Dorr, Congressman, Letters regarding Re-Election, A&M 0304, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Biographical / historical:

C.P. Dorr was a politician who started as a member of the Webster Springs town council and went on to serve in the House of Delegates before being elected in 1896 to the Third District Congressional seat. He was not renominated in 1898 and decided to retire from politics for private law practice in Webster Springs.

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