OVERVIEW:
FULL NAME:
Campbell Bascom Slemp
BORN:
September 4, 1870;
Turkey Cove, Virginia
DIED:
August 7, 1943 (Age 72);
Knoxville, Tennessee
EDUCATION:
Virginia Military Institute,
University of Virginia Law School
POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican
HIGHLIGHTS:
1892-1893:
Adjunct Professor of Mathematics, Virginia Military Institute;
Commandant of Cadets, Marion Military Institute
1893-1895:
Principal of the Stonega Academy; Big Stone Gap, Virginia
1895-1901:
Adjunct Professor of Mathematics, Virginia Military Institute
1901:
Admitted to the Bar;
Began Practicing Law in Big Stone Gap, Virginia
1905-1918:
Chairman, Republican State Committee of Virginia
1907-1923
U.S. House of Representatives (R-VA)
1923-1925:
Secretary to U.S. President Calvin Coolidge
PORTRAIT:
RESOURCES:
BIOGRAPHIES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
University of Virginia
Virginia Military Institute
Wikipedia
OBITUARY:
New York Times