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B. B. Comer

Index B. B. Comer

Braxton Bragg Comer (November 7, 1848 – August 15, 1927) was the 33rd Governor of Alabama from 1907 to 1911, and a United States Senator in 1920. [1]

52 relations: Alabama, Anniston, Alabama, Athens, Georgia, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, Avondale Mills, B. B. Comer Memorial Library, Barbour County, Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, Chester, Pennsylvania, Child labour, Comer Bridge, Cuthbert, Georgia, Democratic Party (United States), Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, Alabama), Emmet O'Neal, Emory and Henry College, Henry B. Gray, J. W. Comer, James Thomas Heflin, John H. Bankhead, John T. Croxton, Lieutenant governor, List of Governors of Alabama, List of United States Senators from Alabama, Lynching in the United States, Militia, Normal school, Oscar Underwood, Penal labour, Phi Kappa Literary Society, Plantations in the American South, Primary election, Rail transport, Republican Party (United States), Russell McWhortor Cunningham, Scottsboro, Alabama, Slavery in the United States, Socialist Party of America, Spring Hill, Barbour County, Alabama, Springfield race riot of 1908, Sylacauga, Alabama, Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Kilby, Tuberculosis, United States Senate, University of Alabama, University of Georgia, University of Montevallo, ..., Virginia, William D. Jelks. Expand index (2 more) »

Alabama

Alabama is a state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Anniston, Alabama

Anniston is a city in Calhoun County in the state of Alabama.

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Athens, Georgia

Athens, officially Athens–Clarke County, is a consolidated city–county and American college town in the U.S. state of Georgia.

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Auburn University

Auburn University (AU or Auburn) is a public research university in Auburn, Alabama, United States.

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Auburn, Alabama

Auburn is a city in Lee County, Alabama, United States.

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Avondale Mills

The Avondale Mills were a system of textile mills located predominantly in Alabama, but also in Georgia and South Carolina, with headquarters in Birmingham, and later in Sylacauga, Alabama.

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B. B. Comer Memorial Library

The B.B. Comer Memorial Library is a library located in Sylacauga, Alabama.

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Barbour County, Alabama

Barbour County is a county in the U.S. state of Alabama.

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Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Alabama and the seat of Jefferson County.

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Chester, Pennsylvania

Chester is a city in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Child labour

Child labour refers to the employment of children in any work that deprives children of their childhood, interferes with their ability to attend regular school, and that is mentally, physically, socially or morally dangerous and harmful.

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Comer Bridge

The B. B. Comer Bridge, is the two-lane, long, Warren truss bridge spanning the Tennessee River along Alabama State Route 35 in Scottsboro, Alabama.

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Cuthbert, Georgia

Cuthbert is a city in, and the county seat of, Randolph County, Georgia, United States.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party (nicknamed the GOP for Grand Old Party).

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Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, Alabama)

Elmwood Cemetery is a cemetery established in 1900 (as Elm Leaf Cemetery) in Birmingham, Alabama northwest of Homewood by a group of fraternal organizations.

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Emmet O'Neal

Emmet O'Neal (September 23, 1853 – September 7, 1922) was an American Democratic politician and lawyer who was the 34th Governor of Alabama from 1911 to 1915.

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Emory and Henry College

Emory & Henry College (E&H or Emory) is a private, coeducational liberal arts college in Emory, Virginia.

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Henry B. Gray

Henry Bramlette Gray (February 8, 1867 – April 30, 1919) of Birmingham, Alabama was born in Calhoun County, Georgia.

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J. W. Comer

John Wallace Comer (13 June 1845 - 20 September 1919) was a businessman, slave owner, mine operator and planter in Alabama during the Reconstruction Era and the early 1900's.

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James Thomas Heflin

James Thomas Heflin (April 9, 1869 – April 22, 1951), nicknamed "Cotton Tom," was an American politician and leading proponent of white supremacy who served as a Democratic Congressman and United States Senator from Alabama.

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John H. Bankhead

John Hollis Bankhead (September 13, 1842March 1, 1920) was a Democratic U.S. Senator from the state of Alabama between 1907 and 1920.

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John T. Croxton

John Thomas Croxton (November 20, 1836 – April 16, 1874) was an attorney, a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, and a postbellum U.S. diplomat.

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Lieutenant governor

A lieutenant governor, lieutenant-governor, or vice governor is a high officer of state, whose precise role and rank vary by jurisdiction.

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List of Governors of Alabama

The Governor of Alabama is the chief executive of the U.S. state of Alabama.

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List of United States Senators from Alabama

Alabama was admitted to the Union on December 14, 1819, and elects U.S. Senators to Class 2 and Class 3.

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Lynching in the United States

Lynching is the practice of murder by a group by extrajudicial action.

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Militia

A militia is generally an army or some other fighting organization of non-professional soldiers, citizens of a nation, or subjects of a state, who can be called upon for military service during a time of need, as opposed to a professional force of regular, full-time military personnel, or historically, members of a warrior nobility class (e.g., knights or samurai).

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Normal school

A normal school was an institution created to train high school graduates to be teachers by educating them in the norms of pedagogy and curriculum.

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Oscar Underwood

Oscar Wilder Underwood (May 6, 1862 – January 25, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician from Alabama, and also a candidate for President of the United States in 1912 and 1924.

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Penal labour

Penal labour is a generic term for various kinds of unfree labour which prisoners are required to perform, typically manual labour.

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Phi Kappa Literary Society

The Phi Kappa Literary Society is a college literary society, located at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, and is one of the few active literary societies left in America.

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Plantations in the American South

Plantations were an important aspect of the history of the American South, particularly the antebellum (pre-American Civil War) era.

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Primary election

A primary election is the process by which the general public can indicate their preference for a candidate in an upcoming general election or by-election, thus narrowing the field of candidates.

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Rail transport

Rail transport is a means of transferring of passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, also known as tracks.

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP (abbreviation for Grand Old Party), is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being its historic rival, the Democratic Party.

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Russell McWhortor Cunningham

Russell McWhortor Cunningham (August 25, 1855 – June 6, 1921) was an American Democratic politician who was the acting Governor of Alabama from April 25, 1904 to March 5, 1905.

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Scottsboro, Alabama

Scottsboro is a city in Jackson County, Alabama, United States.

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Slavery in the United States

Slavery in the United States was the legal institution of human chattel enslavement, primarily of Africans and African Americans, that existed in the United States of America in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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Socialist Party of America

The Socialist Party of America (SPA) was a multi-tendency democratic socialist and social democratic political party in the United States formed in 1901 by a merger between the three-year-old Social Democratic Party of America and disaffected elements of the Socialist Labor Party of America which had split from the main organization in 1899.

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Spring Hill, Barbour County, Alabama

Spring Hill is an unincorporated community in Barbour County, Alabama, United States.

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Springfield race riot of 1908

The Springfield race riot of 1908 was made up of a series of violent actions initiated against African Americans by a mob of about 5,000 white Americans and European immigrants, in Springfield, Illinois, between August 14–16, 1908.

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Sylacauga, Alabama

Sylacauga is a city in Talladega County, Alabama, United States.

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Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company

The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company (1852–1952), also known as TCI and the Tennessee Company, was a major American steel manufacturer with interests in coal and iron ore mining and railroad operations.

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Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919) was an American statesman and writer who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909.

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Thomas Kilby

Thomas Erby Kilby Sr. (July 9, 1865 – October 22, 1943) was an American politician.

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Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB).

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United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, which along with the United States House of Representatives—the lower chamber—comprise the legislature of the United States.

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University of Alabama

The University of Alabama (Alabama or UA) is a public research university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States, and the flagship of the University of Alabama System.

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University of Georgia

The University of Georgia, also referred to as UGA or simply Georgia, is an American public comprehensive research university.

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University of Montevallo

The University of Montevallo is a four-year public university located in Montevallo, Alabama, United States.

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Virginia

Virginia (officially the Commonwealth of Virginia) is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States located between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

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William D. Jelks

William Dorsey Jelks (November 7, 1855 – December 13, 1931) was an American Democratic politician who was the 32nd Governor of Alabama from 1901 to 1907; he had been a newspaper publisher and editor.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._B._Comer

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