A. Correspondence
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Correspondence materials from 1908 through 1909 reflect Harris's time as personal secretary to Senator Clay and offers a portion of Clay's political (for example, his Chairmanship of the Committee on Women's Suffrage) and personal life as well as some Georgia matters such as political patronage. A few clippings, receipts, and handbills are included.
Records from 1910 deal with the U.S. Senate Campaign to fill the seat vacated at the death of Senator Clay (William G. Brantley vs. Joseph Terrell vs. Hoke Smith) as well as Harris's own successful campaign for the State Senate (38th district). While in office for one term, Harris corresponded with Georgia Legislators John Holder and Charles Northen, Congressmen William G. Brantley, Gordon Lee, William C. Anderson, Charles G. Edwards, Samuel Tribble, and Charles Barlett, and with Senator Augustus O. Bacon about issues of legislation (including the Labor Bureau Bill).
Correspondence from Harris's one year term as State Democratic Committee Chairman reflects his involvement with Woodrow Wilson's presidential campaign in Georgia and subsequent inauguration as well as Georgia political patronage and legislation. Correspondence with Carl Vinson, Charles R. Crisp, Hoke Smith, Thomas Hardwick, Josephus Daniels, William A, McAdoo, among others, is represented.
A name list at the end of this finding aid indexes correspondence within this subseries with key political figures.
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