Sargent, James E. "Clifton A. Woodrum of Virginia: A Southern Progressive in Congress, 1923-1945." Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 89 (July 1981): 341-64.
WOODRUM, Clifton Alexander
About this object
1887–1950
Biography
WOODRUM, Clifton Alexander, a Representative from Virginia; born in Roanoke, Roanoke County, Va., April 27, 1887; attended the public schools of his native city and the University College of Medicine (now combined with the Medical College of Virginia), Richmond, Va.; became a registered pharmacist and engaged in his profession in Roanoke; studied law at Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.; was admitted to the bar in 1908 and commenced practice in Roanoke, Va.; Commonwealth attorney of Roanoke 1917-1919; judge of the Hustings Court of Roanoke 1919-1922; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth and to the eleven succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1923, until his resignation on December 31, 1945, to become president of the American Plant Food Council, Inc.; died in Washington, D.C., October 6, 1950; interment in Fairview Cemetery, Roanoke, Va.
View Record in the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
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University of Texas at Austin
The Center for American History
Austin, TX
Papers:
In the Sam Rayburn Papers, ca. 1831-2007, approximately 118 linear feet.
Persons represented include Clifton A. Woodrum.
University of Virginia
The Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections
Library
Charlottesville, VA
Papers:
In the Robert H. Angell Papers, 1896-1981, approximately 130 items.
Correspondents include Clifton A. Woodrum.
Papers:
In the Alfred Dickinson Barksdale Papers, 1905-1973, approximately 7770 items.
Correspondents include Clifton A. Woodrum.
Papers:
In the Harry Flood Byrd Scrapbooks, ca. 1897-1927, 12 volumes.
Other authors include Clifron A. Woodrum. A guide to the papers is available in the repository.
Papers:
In the Carter Glass Papers, ca. 1858-1946, approximately 215,000 items.
Correspondents include Clifton A. Woodrum.
Papers:
In the Graham, Tate and Related Families Papers, 1853-1991, approximately 220 items.
Persons represented include Clifton A. Woodrum.
Papers:
In the Martin Ashton Hutchinson Papers, 1923-1962, approximately 756 items.
Correspondents include Clifton A. Woodrum.
Papers:
In the Mosby Garland Perrow, Jr. Papers, 1940-1962, approximately 3600 items.
Correspondents include Clifton A. Woodrum.
Papers:
In the Edward L. Stone Papers, 1895-1937, 150 feet.
Correspondents include Clifton A. Woodrum.
Virginia Tech University
University Libraries
Blacksburg, VA
Papers:
In the Charles W. Crush Collection, 1796-1978, 1 cubic foot.
Included are numerous items (correspondence and printed material) concerning Clifton A. Woodrum's 1922 congressional campaign, sample ballots and Democratic Party printed matter.
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Bibliography / Further Reading
_____. "Woodrum's Economy Bloc: The Attack on Roosevelt's WPA, 1937-1939." Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 93 (April 1985): 175-207.