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C. Bascom Slemp
Campbell Bascom Slemp (September 4, 1870 – August 7, 1943) was an American Republican politician. He was a six-time United States congressman from Virginia's 9th congressional district from 1907 to 1923 and served as the presidential secretary to President Calvin Coolidge. As a philanthropist, Slemp set up the "Slemp Foundation", which provides gifts and scholarships to schools and colleges in Southwestern Virginia.
== Early life ==
Slemp was born at Turkey Cove, Virginia in Lee County to Colonel Campbell Slemp, a United States Representative from the 9th district of Virginia from 1903 to 1907. His mother was Nancy (Nannie) Britain Cawood of Harlan Co., KY. His father, was an officer in the Confederate army during the American Civil War. Nannie's father, Moses Slemp, was lynched by union forces near his home outside Boonville, Owsley Co., KY while his wife Emily Ann Maddy Cawood watched.
He attended the public schools of rural Southwest Virginia at "The Seminary" in Turkey Cove. In 1887, Slemp entered the Corp of Cadets at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia and graduated in 1891, he graduated with the highest grade point average in the school's history — a record that stands today. He also received the Jackson Medal for Most Distinguished Student four years in a row.
He subsequently studied law at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
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