C. BASCOM SLEMP

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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:

Library of Congress

RESOURCES:

1923: The Swearing  in of C. Bascom Slemp as Secretary to President Calvin Coolidge (Library of Congress)

BIOGRAPHIES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
University of Virginia
Virginia Military Institute
Wikipedia

OBITUARY:
New York Times