This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Morse Pardon Campaign Ties Stirring Democratic Push
The 1912 Morse pardon effort drew heavy Democratic backing from lawmakers and leaders across the party. Figures named include Cordell Hull James Cox Tom Heflin Caraway Watson Robinson Glass Burns Floyd Overman Dent Hobson James, and Daugherty in the push to obtain a presidential clemency. The drive’s fallout sparked intra party strife as Caraway and Watson’s tactics drew fire while Daugherty pressed prosecutions of war grafters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, DC
Cordell Hull
Democratic National Committee
Charles W. Morse
Federal
Department of Justice
James M. Cox
Ohio
Morse
Tom Heflin
Alabama
Caraway
Pat Harrison
Tom Watson
Georgia
Mr. Morse
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Carter Glass
Virginia
Senate
Wilson
Taft
Vir Morse
Joseph W Lurns
Tennessee
House Committee On Appropriations
Charles W Morse
Frank Clark
Florida
House Committee On
House Committee
Mr Morse
Lee S. Overman
North Carolina
Duncan Fletcher
Robert L. Owen
Oklahoma
John H. Bankhead
United States
House of Representatives
Senator Money
Mississippi
Joshua W Alexander
Missouri
John C. Floyd
Ben i Cravens
Mr. Caraway
Broussard
Louisialna
Henry B. Clayton
William A. Cullop
John M. Adair
Indiana
S. H. Dent
Richmond P. Hobson
James T. Lloyd
William W. Rucker
Daugherty
Reese
Watson
Jerry
Clayn
Parrow
Clay
Kitty Mason
Walt J
Durand
Desert
Mason
Jerry’ ‘Durand
New York
Hercules