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May 12, 2023 · Unprecedented in his ability to garner and manipulate both the black and white vote, Crump created a formidable political machine that enabled him to control Memphis politics and exert considerable influence on Tennessee's gubernatorial and national presidential contests. Memphis NAACP Chapter Founding Charter, 1917.
Apr 10, 2019 · I say live and help live.’. — Time magazine, May 27, 1946. For much of the first half of the twentieth century, Edward Hull Crump was the unquestioned master of Memphis and Tennessee government. Time magazine described him in 1946 as “the most absolute political boss in the United States.”.
The Collection The E. H. Crump Collection contains correspondence, government reports, photographs and other material related to the political and governmental affairs of Memphis and Shelby County during the years 1910-1954.
E. H. Crump, the political boss of Memphis, Tennessee, for three decades, illustrates this point. Crump s political longevity, his color-ful character, and the absoluteness of his political control, made him a subject of national interest in the decade of the forties, and it was essentially then that journalists formed an image of him. It
Edward Hull "Boss" Crump Jr. (October 2, 1874 – October 16, 1954) was an American politician from Memphis, Tennessee. Representing the Democratic Party, he was the dominant force in the city's politics for most of the first half of the 20th century, during which the city had a commission form of government.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Oct. 16 -- E.H. Crump, one of the nation's last old-time big-city political bosses, died here today at the age of 80 of a heart ailment. View Full Article in Timesmachine »
Apr 4, 2018 · E.H. Crump House. Status: Preserved. Address: 1962 Peabody Avenue, Memphis. Built: 1908. Architectural Style: Greek Revival. Original Function/Purpose: Residential. The E.H. Crump House was placed on the National Register on Dec. 26, 1979. History: The E.H. Crump House was designed by George Mahan Jr. and built in 1908 for “Boss” Crump, the ...
