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313:. His father was an officer in the Confederate army during the American Civil War. Bascom Slemp had one brother who survived infancy, William Moses Slemp (1873–1912) and three sisters: Emma M. Slemp (1865–1889), Susan Jane Slemp Newman (1869-1935), and Laura Alpha Drucilla Slemp Habourn (1877–1900).
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Republican in the Old Dominion, he faced a difficult battle for re-election in 1910, after
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As a philanthropist, Slemp continues to touch many young lives through the Slemp
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gave a speech for Slemp, who won by a margin of about 200 votes. Although Stuart initially refused to concede defeat, his contest failed, in part because all 265 precincts had a
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