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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]: Samuel Jordan Graham Papers, WLU Coll 0016, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA 24450.

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Samuel J. Graham.

Biographical Note

Samuel Jordan Graham was born in Lexington, Virginia in 1859 to Edward Lacy and Mary Lucy Jordan Graham. He was in the class of 1881 at Washington and Lee University. He practiced law in Lexington before moving to Pittsburgh in 1890. He served as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Baltimore in 1912, was a member of the committee to notify Woodrow Wilson of his presidential nomination, and served as Assistant Attorney General of the United States from 1913-1919 and as Judge of the U. S. Court of Claims from 1919-1930. He died in 1951.

Scope and Contents

This collection of correspondence, ephemera, and genealogical material pertaining to Samuel Jordan Graham. Of particular note are several letters written to Graham by President Woodrow Wilson. Four of them are original and two are photostatic copies. Other correspondents include Charles E. Hughes, and Ray Stannard Baker. The collection also includes clippings, two certificates Graham received from Washington and Lee, genealogy, copies of addresses, and a Court of Claims of the United States acknowleding the Graham's work and service.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Baker, Ray Stannard
• Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
• Correspondence
• Genealogy
• Hughes, Charles Evans
• Speeches, addresses, etc., American
• Washington and Lee University
• Wilson, Woodrow