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Language
English
Abstract
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other papers, of a state senate minority leader, 1899-1901, prominent Fayette County
lawyer, and Democratic committeeman. Subjects include Osenton's early life; his law training at Georgetown University; his
election to the state senate as a "silver" Democrat; William Jennings Bryan's tour of West Virginia, 1908; the presidential
election of 1908; and Champ Clark's battle for the Democratic nomination, 1912. The papers also include a collection of broadsides
pertaining to West Virginia, Kentucky, and national politics, 1898-1920; and the business and legal papers, ca.1847-1880,
of Osenton's father-in-law, Arthur J. Lansdowne of Grayson, Kentucky. Correspondents include John D. Alderson, William J.
Bryan, William E. Chilton, and Champ Clark.
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Charles W. Osenton (b.1865) Papers, A&M 1215, West Virginia and Regional
History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.