Vardaman, James Kimble
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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VARDAMAN, JAMES KIMBLE 1861 1930, U.S. political leader, b. near Edna, Jackson co., Tex. Admitted to...assembly and was (1894) its speaker. After two unsuccessful campaigns (1895, 1899) for governor, Vardaman was elected (1903) after a campaign in which he exploited the racial prejudices of poor white...