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2825
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Although he was a U.S. Senator from 1932 to 1945 and Chairman of the Senate Military Affairs Committee, Asheville's Bob Reynolds is best remembered for his five star-crossed marriages and his political shenanigans.
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8550
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The United States Senate seniority rule, appoints committee chairmen according to length of service and not capability, and some less than qualified senators were appointed chairmen prior to 1975. In 1941, newspapers including: THE RALEIGH NEWS & OBSERVER, THE CHARLOTTE TIMES, and THE NEW YORK TIMES, spoke out against the potential appointment of NC Sen. Robert Rice Reynolds, next in line to take over the chairmanship of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs. Although Reynolds was a New Dealer, his views on foreign policy earned him the unfair but powerful designation of pro-Nazi, and many North Carolinians wrote letters to Congress urging that Reynolds not be confirmed as chairman.
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21509
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Following the 1949 death of US Senator J. Melville Broughton of North Carolina, a special election was convened to name his successor for the remainder of his term. The election was a three-way race between Dr. Frank Porter Graham, Robert R. Reynolds, and Willis Smith. Graham was predicted to win in a landslide but Reynolds, half-hearted campaign was able to secure enough votes to force a runoff between Graham and Smith. Smith was able to upset Graham in the runoff and obtained a US Senate seat in the process.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 65 Issue 1, Jan 1988,
p53-75 , il, por, f
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21565
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A look at the political career of lawyer, writer, humorist, religious speaker, television commentator, and two-time candidate for Governor of North Carolina, Herbert Floyd \"Chub\" Seawell Jr.'s run in the 1952 gubernatorial election and its effect of the Republican party and beginning the move to a two-party system within the state. Although Seawell lost the election, he received more votes than any Republican candidate in the state's history at the time, and led the groundwork for a reinvigoration of the of the Republican party by differentiating their platform from that of the Democrats. Seawell advocated \"family values,\" lower taxes, economy in government and played a prominent role in the effort to rid North Carolina Republicanism of the stigma of Reconstruction and the \"evils\" of carpetbaggers.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 76 Issue 1, Jan 1999,
p66-101, il, por, f
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21580
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Under the auspices of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), University of North Carolina president Frank Porter Graham helped create the Institute for Nuclear Studies. Porter was then elected the institute's first president but his acceptance of the presidency began a series of dramatic events including a FBI probe, an AEC security clearance controversy, an investigation of loyalty procedures, and a failed bid for the US Senate in 1950. While not himself a Communist or Communist-sympathizer, Graham was associated with several organizations which were viewed as such. His support for these organizations stemmed from specific goals they championed that were not necessarily Communist related. The AEC's Personnel Security Review Board denied Graham clearance based on these affiliations, but not because for lack of loyalty. The AEC and its chairman, David Lilienthal, overruled the board and granted Graham the necessary clearance.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 69 Issue 4, Oct 1992,
p414-437 , il, por, f
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