Charles A. Stainback

Charles A. Stainback
Born c. 1879
Somerville, Tennessee, U.S.
Died 1961
Alma mater Vanderbilt University Law School
Occupation Politician
Relatives Ingram Stainback (brother)

Charles A. Stainback (c. 1879 – 1961) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a Democratic member of the Tennessee Senate. He was a segregationist.

Early life

Stainback was born circa 1879 in Somerville, Tennessee.[1] His father, Charles A. Stainback Sr, was a lawyer and his brother, Ingram Stainback, served the ninth Territorial Governor of Hawaii.[2]

Stainback graduated from the Vanderbilt University Law School in 1901.[2]

Career

Stainback became a lawyer in Somerville.[2] He joined the Democratic Party, and attended the Democratic National Convention four times.[2]

Stainback served as a member of the Tennessee Senate.[3] In 1955, he sponsored a bill to prevent the desegregation of public schools in Nashville in spite of Brown v. Board of Education. Officially, the bill was meant to prevent social unrest. However, Stainback admitted that was a covert way to "preserve segregation."[3] The bill was vetoed by Democratic Governor Frank G. Clement.[3]

Stainback served on the advisory board of the Tennessee Federation for Constitutional Government.[4]

Death

Stainback died in 1961.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Politics". The Tennessean. April 20, 1961. p. 21. Retrieved July 25, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. (Registration required (help)).
  2. 1 2 3 4 Morton, Dorothy Rich (1989). Crawford, Charles W., ed. Tennessee County History Series: Fayette County. Memphis, Tennessee: Memphis State University Press. pp. 60–61. ISBN 9780878701322 – via Internet Archive.
  3. 1 2 3 Houston, Benjamin (2012). The Nashville Way: Racial Etiquette and the Struggle for Social Justice in a Southern City. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press. pp. 51, 61. ISBN 9780820343266. OCLC 940632744.
  4. ↑ "Statement of Principles, Purposes and Policies by the Tennessee Federation for Constitutional Government". The Jackson Sun. Jackson, Tennessee. December 20, 1960. p. 6. Retrieved July 25, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. (Registration required (help)).
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