This collection contains correspondence regarding the Telepost bill, H.R. 19402. The correspondence dates to 1910.
Click here for the guide to Congressional correspondence related to the Telepost bill, H.R. 19402, 1910, mpa.153 / ms.0318. Collection location: row 11, box 23.
Joseph Byrns was born at Cedar Hill, TN, in 1869. He received his law degree from Vanderbilt University in 1890. Byrnes was a Democrat. He was elected to the Tennessee House in 1895. He was elected to the State Senate in 1901 and the United States House of Representatives in 1908. He died in 1936.
James Frazier was born in Pikesville, TN. He attended Franklin College outside of Nashville. He graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1878. Frazier was a Democrat. He was elected the Governor of Tennessee in 1902 and 1904. He was elected to the United States Senate in 1905. He was a senator until 1911. Frazier died in Chattanooga in 1937.
Cordell Hull was born in Pickett County, TN, in 1871. He attended the National Normal University in Lebanon, OH from 1889-1890 and then studied law at the Cumberland University Law School. He started his political career in the Tennessee House of Representatives in 1893 and continued until 1897. He served in Cuba during the Spanish-American War as a Captain of the Fourth Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Infantry. Hull later became a member of the United States House of Representatives, a position he held for 11 terms. In 1931 he left the House to become a Senator. In 1933 Hull was selected by then President Franklin Delano
Roosevelt as the Secretary of State, where he became an avid supporter of the United Nations. He served as Secretary of State for 11 years, the longest then and since, until 1944 when he resigned due to failing health. In 1945 Hull received the Nobel Peace Prize. He died in 1955 at the Naval Hospital in Bethesda, MD.
Robert Taylor was born in Carter County, TN, in 1850. He served three terms as Governor of Tennessee and one term in the United States Senate. He died in 1912.
The Telepost bill of 1910 is a bill to “enable the Telepost Company to construct its plant, operate the same, and transact its business in the District of Columbia, and to make necessary connections with other parts of its system.” – House of Representatives. 61st Congress, 2nd session. Report number 735, 1910 March 11.