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Edward Hull "Boss" Crump Jr. (October 2, 1874 – October 16, 1954) was an American politician from Memphis, Tennessee. Representing the Democratic Party, he was the dominant force in the city's politics for most of the first half of the 20th century, during which the city had a commission form of government.
8 de out. de 2017 · Edward Hull "Boss" Crump. Written by David Tucker. 3 minutes to read. Democratic boss of Memphis and state political power during the Great Depression, Edward Hull Crump was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi, in 1874, the son of a planter and former Confederate officer. Crump’s father died of yellow fever soon after his birth, and ...
E. H. Crump of Memphis. Edward Hull Crump was the dominant force in Memphis politics for most of the first half of the 20th century. And he also dominated the state of Tennessee politics for most of the time from the 1920s to the 1940s. He was only mayor of Memphis from 1910 through 1915, and again briefly in 1940.
E. H. Crump, the political boss of Memphis, Tennessee, for three decades, illustrates this point. Crump s political longevity, his color-ful character, and the absoluteness of his political control, made him a subject of national interest in the decade of the forties, and it was essentially then that journalists formed an image of him. It
Crump is Founded. Edward Hull Crump established the E. H. Crump Insurance Company in 1920 in Memphis, Tennessee, and it rapidly grew to become the largest insurance agency in the southern United States. 1950s—1970s. Products, Underwriting, and Expertise Expands.
10 de abr. de 2019 · This story, a version of which appeared in the October 1979 issue of Memphis magazine, is part of our Memphis200 collection. New Year’s Eve, 1939: At Central Station, E.H. Crump celebrates his unique third term as Memphis mayor before boarding the train for the Sugar Bowl game in New Orleans.
Memphis mayoral candidate Edward Hull Crump and black bandleader William Christopher Handy took advantage of spectacle to achieve power and fame. In post-disfranchisement Memphis, political candidates employed black musicians to draw attention to registration sites on and near Beale Street.
