Appalachian politics Archives - Appalachian History

Edwards their man will be buried so deep beneath the great flood of Powers ballots

Last Monday being county court day in McKee, there was quite a large crowd gathered in from different parts of the county.

On April 29, 1904, the Court of Appeals ruled that the new county failed to meet constitutional standards of size and population.

Knoxville, TN up till the ‘Red Summer’ of 1919 had always prided itself as a model southern city when it came to race relations.

Fess Whitaker (1880-1927) began his career as a politician in 1917, when he was elected county jailer in Letcher County, KY.

Rebecca Felton saw right through the political machinations that led to her officially becoming the 1st woman to serve in the US Senate.