A&M 0304C.P. Dorr, Congressman, Letters regarding Re-Election A&M 0304Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

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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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United States Congressmen - West Virginia. Elections Editors - letters and papers. Election of 1898. Politics and government. Spanish-American War, 1898 West Virginia Editorial Association Wade, L.M. Dorr, C.P.