WOODROW WILSON CONSIDERS SENATOR VARDAMAN A DETRIMENT TO HIS STATE & COUNTRY
Jackson, Mississippi (JFK+50) On July 26, 1922, the Evening Star reports "former President Woodrow Wilson would consider the return of James K. Vardaman* to the United States Senate...a detriment to his home state as well as the country."
The source is a letter from Mr. Wilson to Dr. James F. McCalb made public the previous evening.
The 28th POTUS writes...
"I think that he is thoroughly false and untrustworthy, and that it would be a great detriment to Mississippi and the nation should he be returned to the Senate."
*James Kimble Vardaman (1861-1930) served in the US Army during the Spanish-American War & speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives 1894-1896.
JKV served as Governor of Mississippi 1904-1908 & U.S. Senator (D-Mississippi) 1913-1919. He supported state-sponsored racism against African-Americans.
Senator Vardaman was defeated in the Democratic Primary of 1922 primarily because of his vote, along with 5 other U.S. Senators, against the U.S. Declaration of War on Germany.
SOURCE
"Vardaman Jolted In Wilson Letter," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., June 26, 1922, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
