"ONE PERCENT INSPIRATION AND 99 PERCENT TRACING PAPER”: THE PAN-ELECTRIC SCANDAL AND THE MAKING OF A CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE, APRIL-NOVEMBER 1886

"ONE PERCENT INSPIRATION AND 99 PERCENT TRACING PAPER”: THE PAN-ELECTRIC SCANDAL AND THE MAKING OF A CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE, APRIL-NOVEMBER 1886

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The Pan-Electric scandal of 1886 grew out of a plot by prominent Southern Democrats to seize control of the fledgling telephone industry by filing suit in federal court to invalidate patents held by Alexander Graham Bell and Bell Telephone. The suit led to President Grover Cleveland's appointme...

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Main Author: Harvey Hudspeth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Economic & Business History Society 2005-06-01
Series:Essays in Economic and Business History
Online Access:https://www.ebhsoc.org/journal/index.php/ebhs/article/view/154
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Essays in Economic and Business History
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title "ONE PERCENT INSPIRATION AND 99 PERCENT TRACING PAPER”: THE PAN-ELECTRIC SCANDAL AND THE MAKING OF A CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE, APRIL-NOVEMBER 1886
title_short "ONE PERCENT INSPIRATION AND 99 PERCENT TRACING PAPER”: THE PAN-ELECTRIC SCANDAL AND THE MAKING OF A CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE, APRIL-NOVEMBER 1886
title_full "ONE PERCENT INSPIRATION AND 99 PERCENT TRACING PAPER”: THE PAN-ELECTRIC SCANDAL AND THE MAKING OF A CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE, APRIL-NOVEMBER 1886
title_fullStr "ONE PERCENT INSPIRATION AND 99 PERCENT TRACING PAPER”: THE PAN-ELECTRIC SCANDAL AND THE MAKING OF A CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE, APRIL-NOVEMBER 1886
title_full_unstemmed "ONE PERCENT INSPIRATION AND 99 PERCENT TRACING PAPER”: THE PAN-ELECTRIC SCANDAL AND THE MAKING OF A CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE, APRIL-NOVEMBER 1886
title_sort "one percent inspiration and 99 percent tracing paper”: the pan-electric scandal and the making of a circuit court judge, april-november 1886
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description The Pan-Electric scandal of 1886 grew out of a plot by prominent Southern Democrats to seize control of the fledgling telephone industry by filing suit in federal court to invalidate patents held by Alexander Graham Bell and Bell Telephone. The suit led to President Grover Cleveland's appointment of Tennessee senator Howell Edmunds Jackson to the Sixth Circuit federal court and a ruling by Jackson that led to the final court victory for Bell.<br />
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