`Jamie L. Whitten Collection Series 13: Politics

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1 `Jamie L. Whitten Collection Series 13: Politics The Politics series has four subseries held in a total of twenty-four boxes. The first consists of files related to Jamie Whitten s campaigns for public office, first as district attorney in the 17 th Judicial District of Mississippi and then for the U.S. House of Representatives. Whitten won a special election to the U.S. House of Representatives in Starting in 1942, he ran for reelection every two years until his retirement on 3 January The following is a list of his campaign opponents for Congress in the Democratic primaries and the general election: YEAR GENERAL ELECTION 1941 L.A. Red Pyle (R) 1942 unopposed 1944 William McDonough (R) 1946 unopposed 1948 unopposed 1950 unopposed 1952 unopposed 1954 unopposed 1956 unopposed 1958 unopposed 1960 unopposed 1962 unopposed 1964 unopposed 1966 S.B. (Bushy) Wise (R) 1968 unopposed 1970 Eugene Carter (I) 1972 unopposed 1974 Jack Benney (I) 1976 unopposed 1978 T.K. Moffett (R) & Horace E. Hutcheson (I) 1980 T.K. Moffett (R) 1982 Fran Fawcett (R) 1984 John Hargett (I) 1986 Larry Cobb (R) 1988 Jim Bush (R) 1990 Bill Bowlin (R) 1992 Clyde E. Whitaker (R) Subseries 1 is organized chronologically by year (although the elections occurred on even-numbered years, the campaign series does contain files from odd-numbered years). The subseries is further subdivided into counties and other subjects, such as

2 clippings, election results, contributions, reports, returns, and files on opposing candidates. Folders may contain correspondence, records, lists, and memorabilia (bumper stickers, posters, and buttons). During his reelections, Whitten rarely faced any serious opposition in either Democratic primaries or general elections except for two notable exceptions. The 1960 census resulted in the loss of a Mississippi congressional district, and the resulting reapportionment forced a battle with fellow incumbent Frank Smith that Whitten won. In 1964, civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer attempted to challenge Whitten for his congressional seat. Although her name did not appear on the primary ballot, Hamer and other members of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party filed a formal challenge with Congress protesting the seating of the state s five white congressmen in the U.S. House of Representatives. This subseries contains files related to the contested election. Documentation from the 1956 election is missing from the collection. Files for some of the uncontested elections may be small as well. Arranged chronologically, Subseries 2 houses files on more general political topics at the state and national level. In particular, this subseries contains correspondence and reports from state, national, and congressional Democratic Party groups as well as White House press releases. Files in Subseries 3 focus on redistricting, the process by which the state legislature draws new congressional and state legislative district boundaries. Each U.S. Representative is elected by voters from within a particular district. District lines are redrawn every ten years after the completion of the U.S. Census in order to create districts with near equal populations. Whitten represented Mississippi s Second District from 1941 to 1973 and the First District from 1973 to The introduction to the Federal Assistance and Grants Series includes a chart depicting Mississippi counties represented by Whitten over the years as redistricting altered his constituency. Finally, Subseries 4 contains oversized material, primarily signs and newspapers related to Whitten s campaigns. Subseries 1: Whitten Campaigns BOX 1 Folder District Attorney 17 th Judicial District Folder Clippings Folder Clippings Folder Miscellaneous Folder Vote

3 Folder Benton County Folder Desoto County Folder Lafayette County Folder Marshall County Folder Panola County Folder Tate County Folder Tallahatchie County Folder Tippah County Folder Union County Folder Yalobusha County Folder Campaign Folder Clippings Folder Mailing Lists Folder Miscellaneous Folder Outside of District Folder Election Officials Folder Election Returns Folder Benton County Folder Desoto County Folder Lafayette County Folder Marshall County Folder Panola County Folder Tallahatchie County Folder Tate County Folder Tippah County Folder Union County Folder Yalobusha County Folder Election Returns Folder Letter Folder Letters Sent Folder Miscellaneous Folder Publicity Folder Qualifications for Announcement BOX 2 Folder Miscellaneous Folder Clippings Folder Election Results Folder Miscellaneous Folder Miscellaneous Folder Miscellaneous Folder Miscellaneous Folder Miscellaneous Folder Miscellaneous Folder Miscellaneous Folder Miscellaneous

4 Folder Miscellaneous Folder Benton County Folder Bolivar County Folder Carroll County Folder Coahoma County Folder Desoto County Folder Grenada County Folder Holmes County Folder Humphreys County Folder Issaquena County Folder Lafayette County Folder Leflore County Folder Marshall County Folder Montgomery County Folder Panola County Folder Quitman County Folder Sharkey County Folder Sunflower County Folder Tallahatchie County Folder Tate County Folder Tippah County Folder Tunica County Folder Union County Folder Washington County Folder Yalobusha County Folder Advertisements Folder Announcements BOX 3 Folder Banks Folder Bills Folder Calendar Folder Campaign Material Folder Clippings: Smith Folder Clippings: Whitten Folder Congratulations Folder Contributions Folder Editorials Folder Election Returns Folder Estes Folder Expenses Folder Godwin Agency Folder Introductory Remarks Folder Jackson, Mississippi Folder Material for Speeches Folder Material Sent: Smith

5 Folder Material Sent to Whitten BOX 4 Folder Mats Folder Miscellaneous Folder Mississippi: Out of District Folder Out of State Folder Pitner Folder Sale Lilly Folder Speeches Folder Supporting Material Folder Thanks Folder Voting Record Folder Yalobusha Deal Folder Clippings Folder Election Returns Folder Letters Folder Contested Election of 1964 Folder COPE Political Memo Folder Frank Smith: Apeco Material Folder Miscellaneous Folder Mississippi Farmer Folder Contested Election Response Folder Contested Election -- Clippings Folder Contested Election J.P. Coleman (Counsel) Folder Contested Election Contestants Complaints and Briefs Folder Contested Election Counsel (Stipulations By) Folder Contested Election Delegation Answers and Briefs BOX 5 Folder Contested Election Depositions Folder Contested Election Expenses Folder Contested Election Federal Election Laws Folder Contested Election Hearings and Depositions by Contestants Folder Contested Election Memos Prepared by Whitten Folder Contested Election Miscellaneous Folder Contested Election Miscellaneous Correspondence Folder Contested Election Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Folder Contested Election Peterson v. Gross Case Folder Contested Election Previous Election Contests in House BOX 6 Folder Contested Election State Lawyers Folder Election Contest Material Folder Members of Congress Who Challenged Delegation Folder Mississippi County Population Estimates by Race and Age

6 Folder Motion for Dismissal Folder Official Correspondence Folder Report and Resolution Folder Resolution on Seating Folder Sam Still Folder Statutes Governing Contested Election Cases Folder Vote on Motion for Dismissal Folder Voting Rights Folder Alcorn County Folder Benton County Folder Coahoma County Folder Desoto County Folder Grenada County Folder Itawamba County Folder Lafayette County Folder Lee County Folder Marshall County Folder Panola County BOX 7 Folder Pontotoc County Folder Prentiss County Folder Quitman County Folder Tallahatchie County Folder Tate County Folder Tippah County Folder Tishomingo County Folder Tunica County Folder Union County Folder Yalobusha County Folder Advertisements: Whitten Folder Advertisements: Wise Folder Banks: Employees Folder Belmont, Mississippi News Release Folder Brochures Folder Campaign Expense Folder Campaign Materials: Miscellaneous Folder Campaign Radio Transcript Folder Campaign Speeches Folder Congratulations Folder Contributions Folder Editorial: The Politics of Inflation Folder Election Folder Election Officials Folder Election Results Folder Election Results

7 Folder Election Results: New Counties Folder Election Results: Old Counties Folder Election Returns Folder Invitations Folder Itawamba Times Folder Letter to the Editor of the Daily Corinthian Folder Miscellaneous Folder Other Candidates Folder Republican Party Folder S.B. Wise Folder Supporting Material Folder Thanks Folder Time to Wake Up and Quit Fiddling BOX 8 Folder Miscellaneous Folder Election Returns Folder Miscellaneous Folder Campaign Information Folder Miscellaneous Folder Campaign Funds Folder Campaign Information Folder Jack Benney Folder Buddy Bishop Folder Campaign Reports Folder Miscellaneous Folder Election Reports Folder Miscellaneous Folder Clippings Folder Miscellaneous BOX 9 Folder Advertising Folder Buddy Bishop Folder Campaign Finances Folder Gerald Chatham Folder Contributions in Kind Folder Maurice Dantin Folder Democratic Primary Folder Expenditures Folder General Election Information Folder Aaron Henry Folder Horace Hutcheson Folder Letters Folder Lists

8 BOX 10 Folder Miscellaneous (1 of 2) Folder Miscellaneous (2 of 2) Folder T.K. Moffett (1 of 2) Folder T.K. Moffett (2 of 2) Folder Newspaper Articles Folder Reports Folder Returns Folder Thanks Yous Folder Contributions Folder Miscellaneous Folder Reports Folder Campaign Advertisements BOX 11 Folder Campaign Breakfast Folder Conservative Caucus Folder Contributions Folder Correspondence Folder Deposits Folder Endorsements Folder Election Folder Expenditures Folder Letters and Newspapers Folder Lists Folder Miscellaneous Folder Moral Majority Folder Newspaper Clippings BOX 12 Folder Publicity Folder Questionnaires Folder Reports Folder Television Schedules Folder Thank Yous Folder Whitten Notes Folder Contributions Folder Fundraiser October 20 (Washington Club, Mr. & Mrs. Sam McIlwain) Folder Miscellaneous Folder Reports Folder Advertisements Folder Breakfast March 30 Folder Brochures Folder Clippings BOX 13

9 Folder Contributions Folder Correspondence Folder Cossar Letter Folder Endorsements Folder Expenditures Folder Fran Fawcett Folder Fundraiser April 20 Folder Fundraiser Reception May 4 Folder Fundraiser May 11 Folder Fundraiser May 18 Folder Letters (1 of 2) BOX 14 Folder Letters (2 of 2) Folder Letters to Press Folder Lists Folder Mailing Lists Folder Bill Miles Associates Folder Miscellaneous Folder National Conservative Political Action Committee Folder Newspaper Lists Folder Political Action Committee Lists Folder Primary June 1 Folder Primary August 17 Folder Reports Folder Returns Folder Speeches Folder State Lists Index Cards Folder Thank Yous (1 of 2) BOX 15 Folder Thank Yous (2 of 2) Folder Contribution Thank You Letters: Washington Fundraiser Folder Contributions Folder Miscellaneous Folder Reports Folder Washington Fundraiser Folder Clippings Folder Contributor Cards Folder Deposits and Lists Folder Disbursements Folder Election Returns Folder Expenditures Folder Finances Folder John Hargett Folder Letters

10 BOX 16 Folder Lists Folder Miscellaneous Folder T.K. Moffett Folder Reports Folder Voter Lists Folder Contributions Folder Expenses Folder Fundraiser Folder Appreciation Fish Fry October Folder Brochures and Letters Folder Jim Bush Folder Candidate Reports Folder Clippings Folder Larry Cobb Folder Contributions Folder Contributor Cards BOX 17 Folder Correspondence and Endorsements Folder Deposits and Lists Folder Disbursements Folder Finances Folder Miscellaneous Campaign Folder Publicity Folder Receipts Folder Reports Folder Returns Folder Volunteer Action Postcards Folder Washington Reception September 17 Folder Contributions BOX 18 Folder Copies of Contributions Folder Miscellaneous Folder Washington Fundraiser Folder Advertisements Folder Brochures Folder Bumper Stickers Folder Contributions and Thank You Letters Folder Contribution Lists Folder Contributor Cards Folder Copies of Contributions Folder Deposits Folder Disbursements

11 Folder Letters Folder Reports Folder Copies of Contributions Folder Contributions Folder Fish Fry Folder Thank Yous BOX 19 Folder Bill Bowlin Folder Brochures and Advertisements Folder Clippings Folder Contributions Folder Correspondence Folder Deposits Folder Disbursements Folder Election Returns Folder Receipts Folder Reports Folder Receipts Folder Clippings Folder Congratulations Folder Deposits Folder Disbursements Folder Letters Folder Bill Miles Associates Folder Miscellaneous Folder Receipts Folder Reports Folder Tupelo Folder Returns Folder Clyde Whitaker Folder. Undated Campaign Material Folder. Undated Lists Folder Politics Folder Politics Folder Politics Folder Politics Folder Politics Folder Politics Folder Politics Folder Politics Folder Politics Subseries 2: General Politics

12 Folder Politics BOX 20 Folder Politics Folder Politics Folder Politics Folder Politics Folder Politics Folder Politics (1 of 2) Folder Politics (2 of 2) Folder Politics Folder Politics Folder Politics Folder Politics Folder Politics Folder Politics BOX 21 Folder Politics Folder Politics Folder Politics Folder Politics (1 of 2) Folder Politics (2 of 2) Folder Politics BOX 22 Folder Politics (1 of 2) Folder Politics (2 of 2) Folder Politics (1 of 2) Folder Politics (2 of 3) Folder Politics (1 of 3) Folder Politics (2 of 3) Folder Politics (3 of 3) Folder Politics BOX 23 Folder Politics (1 of 3) Folder Politics (2 of 3) Folder Politics (3 of 3) Folder Politics Folder Politics Folder Politics (1 of 3) BOX 24 Folder Politics (2 of 3) Folder Politics (3 of 3)

13 Folder Politics Folder Politics (1 of 2) Folder Politics (2 of 2) BOX 25 Folder Politics (1 of 2) Folder Politics (2 of 2) Folder Politics (1 of 2) Folder Politics (2 of 2) Folder Politics (1 of 2) Folder Politics (2 of 2) Folder Politics (1 of 2) BOX 26 Folder Politics (2 of 2) Folder Politics (1 of 5) Folder Politics (2 of 5) Folder Politics (3 of 5) Folder Politics (4 of 5) Folder Politics (5 of 5) Folder Politics (1 of 2) BOX 27 Folder Politics (2 of 2) Folder Politics (1 of 2) Folder Politics (2 of 2) Folder Politics BOX 28 Folder Politics (1 of 2) Folder Politics (2 of 2) Folder Politics (1 of 2) Folder Politics (2 of 2) Folder Politics (1 of 4) Folder Politics (2 of 4) Folder Politics (3 of 4) BOX 29 Folder Politics (4 of 4) Folder Politics Folder Politics Folder. Undated Politics Subseries 3: Congressional Redistricting

14 Folder Redistricting Folder Redistricting Folder Redistricting Folder Copies Used in Redistricting Folder Redistricting Folder Redistricting Folder Redistricting Folder Redistricting (1 of 2) Folder Redistricting (2 of 2) Folder Redistricting Folder Redistricting Folder Redistricting BOX 30 Folder Redistricting Folder Redistricting Folder. 1960s Redistricting (1 of 3) Folder. 1960s Redistricting (2 of 3) Folder. 1960s Redistricting (3 of 3) Folder. 1960s Copies Used in Redistricting Folder Redistricting Folder Redistricting Folder Redistricting Folder Redistricting Folder Redistricting Folder Redistricting Folder Redistricting Folder Redistricting Folder. Undated Redistricting BOX 23 Folder Newspapers (1 of 2) Folder Newspapers (2 of 2) Folder Newspapers Folder Newspapers Folder Newspapers (1 of 3) Folder Newspapers (2 of 3) Folder Newspapers (3 of 3) Folder Newspapers (1 of 5) BOX 24 Folder Newspapers (2 of 5) Subseries: Oversized Material

15 Folder Newspapers (3 of 5) Folder Newspapers (4 of 5) Folder Newspapers (5 of 5) Folder Newspapers Folder Newspapers Folder Newspapers Folder Miscellaneous Folder Newspapers Folder. Undated Miscellaneous Folder. Undated Newspapers