Crump, Edward

Crump, (Edward Hull) “Boss”

(1874–1954) mayor, U.S. representative, political boss; born in Holly Springs, Miss. A self-made man, he began his political machine as Memphis, Tenn., councilman in 1905. As Democratic mayor of Memphis (1911–17), he took over public utilities and opposed the Ku Klux Klan, but resigned after failing to enforce prohibition. Establishing E. H. Crump Insurance in 1920, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1931–35) and controlled state Democrats until 1948.

单词	crump, edward
释义	Crump, Edward Crump, (Edward Hull) “Boss” (1874–1954) mayor, U.S. representative, political boss; born in Holly Springs, Miss. A self-made man, he began his political machine as Memphis, Tenn., councilman in 1905. As Democratic mayor of Memphis (1911–17), he took over public utilities and opposed the Ku Klux Klan, but resigned after failing to enforce prohibition. Establishing E. H. Crump Insurance in 1920, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1931–35) and controlled state Democrats until 1948.
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