Record #:

7780

Author(s):

Arthur, Billy

Abstract:

One of the biggest upsets in a U.S. Senatorial campaign was in 1932 by Robert R. Reynolds over Cameron Morrison. Reynolds was against prohibition and for government regulation of liquor. Know as the “good roads governor” and a champion of public education, Morrison was so confident in the loyalty of his followers that he made virtually no campaign in the primary. But the people of North Carolina were critical of his abundant wealth through marriage, so Reynolds won by more than 100,000 votes, the largest margin in North Carolina history at that time.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 54 Issue 6, Nov 1986, p12-13, por

Subject(s):

Reynolds, Robert Rice, 1884-1963