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FLEMING, William Henry
About this object
1856–1944
Concise Biography
FLEMING, William Henry, a Representative from Georgia; born in Augusta, Richmond County, Ga., October 18, 1856; attended Summerville Academy and Academy of Richmond County; was graduated from the University of Georgia at Athens in 1874; superintendent of the public schools of Augusta and Richmond County, Ga., from 1877 to 1880, when he resigned; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1880 and commenced practice in Augusta, Ga.; member of the State house of representatives 1888-1896, and served as speaker of the house in 1894 and 1895; president of the State bar association in 1894 and 1895; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth, Fifty-sixth, and Fifty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1897-March 3, 1903); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1902; resumed the practice of law and engaged in literary pursuits; died in Augusta, Ga., June 9, 1944; interment in Summerville Cemetery.
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Atlanta History Center
Atlanta, GA
Papers:
1877-1882, 0.25 cubic foot.
This collection consist of 32 letters and part of a 33rd letter written by Alexander H. Stephens to William "Willie" Henry Fleming. Stephens was serving in the House of Representatives when many of these letters were written, and politics is the topic of many of these letters, such as the nominations of Samuel Jones Tilden and General Ulysses S. Grant, and incident with General Gordon over a nomination, the Texas Pacific Railroad, and his own nomination as Governor of Georgia. The other letters include such topics as: Fleming's defense of Stephens in "Chronicle & Constitution" and Stephens' ailing health. They are arranged in chronological order with each letter being in a separate folder. Originals are in vault, and transcriptions are readily available to researchers.
Georgia Department of Archives and History
Atlanta, GA
Papers:
In File II Names.
File is primarily incoming correspondence to the Governor of Georgia. Finding aid in repository.
University of Georgia Libraries
Athens, GA
Papers:
1875-1912, 1 linear foot.
The collection consists of papers and scrapbooks of William Henry Fleming from 1875-1912. The bulk of the collection contains scrapbooks (1875-1899) of clippings documenting Fleming’s activities, speeches, and political career. The correspondence (1902, 1910-1912) pertains to the contested Tenth District election of 1902 between Fleming and Thomas W. Hardwick, and the stolen fi fas (tax executions) from the Office of the Washington County Ordinary. Correspondents include James Barrett, T.J. Holmes, and Thomas E. Watson.
Papers:
In the Alexander H. Stephens Papers, 1844-1882, 38 items.
The bulk of the collection (1877-1882) consists of typescript copies of letters from Alexander Stephens to William H. Fleming. The letters mainly focus on U.S. politics including legislation before Congress; Stephens’ opinion of Samuel Tilden, Ulysses S. Grant, and James Blaine; fraud in the 1872 Louisiana Governor’s election; the Republican Party; railroad construction in the South; attacks upon Stephens in the newspapers; and Stephens’ nomination (1882) for Georgia Governor.
Vanderbilt University
Special Collections, Jean and Alexander Heard Library
Nashville, TN
Papers:
1906, 2 items.
An address by William Henry Fleming before the Alumni Society of the State University, Athens, Ga., on June 19, 1906, entitled "Slavery and the race problem in the South," and a transcript of a discussion before the Georgia House, Augusta, Oct. 8, 1906, entitled "The seed of the race trouble, the rape spirit and mob law."
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