Letters Home From Congress
Collection Overview
This collection features letters home from Warren R. Austin (Senator, 1931-1946), Jacob Collamer (Representative, 1843-1848; Senator, 1855-1865), and Samuel C. Crafts (Representative, 1817-1824; Senator, 1842-1843). The letters document travel to...
Show moreThis collection features letters home from Warren R. Austin (Senator, 1931-1946), Jacob Collamer (Representative, 1843-1848; Senator, 1855-1865), and Samuel C. Crafts (Representative, 1817-1824; Senator, 1842-1843). The letters document travel to and from Washington by horse, boat, train, and airplane; lodging in boarding houses, hotels, and homes; social life in Washington; significant local and national events; and legislative issues under consideration in Congress. Austin's letters are particularly strong in their coverage of his frustration at being a Senator in the minority party during the era of Roosevelt and the New Deal; his activities on the Judiciary Committee; and foreign affairs questions such as the Neutrality Act. The letters of Crafts and Collamer both extensively cover the question of slavery, discussing Missouri statehood, John Brown, the annexation of Texas, and the Civil War. All three Congressmen frequently discuss questions regarding appropriations and the Federal budget. Biographical information is available from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, at: http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, April 30, 1934
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Topics include filibuster by southern Senators to prevent consideration of the anti-lynching bill; Senator Glass; Senator Bankhead.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, February 15, 1938
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Topics include sub-committee hearings on nomination of Robert Jackson for the post of Solicitor General; Austin's duties as Assistant Minority Leader; farm bill; cloture vote on the filibuster of the anti-lynching bill.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, February 17, 1938
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Topics include Judiciary sub-committee testimony on the need for an additional Judge in the Northern District of Georgia; cloture vote on the filibuster of the anti-lynching bill.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, February 2, 1938
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Topics include Austin's changing of his seat in the Senate, with a diagram; lack of Republicans in the Senate; filibuster of Anti-Lynching Bill.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, February 9, 1938
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Topics include filibuster of Anti-Lynching Bill; sub-committee work on constitutional amendments, changes in the judiciary system, immigration, appointment of N.J. Senator, and equal rights of women.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, January 10, 1938
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Topics include Judiciary Committee business; National Labor Relations Board; Anti-Lynching Bill; Conference Report on Farm Bill.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, January 26, 1938
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Topics include filibuster and a petition for cloture related to the Anti-Lynching Bill.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, January 27, 1938
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Topics include filibuster and a petition for cloture related to the Anti-Lynching Bill.
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- Letter to Mrs. C.G. (Ann) Austin, November 16, 1937
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Topics include Senator Byrnes (SC) speech on the Reorganization Bill; Anti-Lynching Bill debate and Senator Tom Connally (TX).