Joseph Denny
A White Post member of the Clarke County Democratic Committee who headed a mass meeting in April 1925 and presided at the county convention that August, when the Clarke delegation planned to put him forward for the state senate.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of April 2, 1925 reports a mass meeting headed by Mr. Joseph Denny, of White Post, member of the County Democratic Committee, at which Hon. W. T. Lewis, chairman of the Democratic Committee, placed Mr. Pierce's name before the meeting, and which adopted resolutions asking the county's Democratic executive committee to endorse Mr. Pierce's candidacy.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of April 2, 1925 reports a mass meeting headed by Mr. Joseph Denny, of White Post, member of the County Democratic Committee, at which Hon. W. T. Lewis, chairman of the Democratic Committee, placed Mr. Pierce's name before the meeting, and which adopted resolutions asking the county's Democratic executive committee to endorse Mr. Pierce's candidacy.
What the source supports
That Joseph Denny of White Post was a member, and W. T. Lewis the chairman, of the County Democratic Committee in April 1925.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The item's opening, which gives Mr. Pierce's full name and the office he was asked to seek, is garbled in the OCR and is not quoted. Mr. Pierce is not linked to any record here.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The Courier's report of the mass meeting.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 2, 1925
Clarke Courier · 1925-04-02 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, item on a Democratic mass meeting at the Court House
Relevant passageResolutions were adopted at the mass meeting calling upon the Democratic executive committee of the County to endorse Mr. Pierce's can-i dtdacy [candidacy] ... Mr. Pierce's name was placed before the meeting by Hon. W. T. Lewis, chairman of th# [the] Democratic Com mlttee [Committee], who heartily endorsed Mr. Pierce ... The meeting was headed by Mr. Joseph Denny, of White Post, member of the County Democratic Committee, who acted as chairman.
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
AI-assisted source check (Claude Opus 5) · 2026-09-15. How this project checks its sources
The Clarke Courier of August 27, 1925 reports that Mr. Denny, a member of the Democratic Executive Committee, presided on Saturday at the convention at the Court House in the absence of the chairman, Hon. W. T. Lewis, and that the Clarke delegation planned to put Mr. Joseph S. Denny of White Post forward for the Democratic nomination to succeed Hon. H. F. Byrd, resigned, as state senator.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of August 27, 1925 reports that Mr. Denny, a member of the Democratic Executive Committee, presided on Saturday at the convention at the Court House in the absence of the chairman, Hon. W. T. Lewis, and that the Clarke delegation planned to put Mr. Joseph S. Denny of White Post forward for the Democratic nomination to succeed Hon. H. F. Byrd, resigned, as state senator.
What the source supports
That Joseph S. Denny of White Post presided at the Clarke County Democratic convention in August 1925 and was to be put forward for the state senate.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The item names "Mr. Denny" as presiding and "Mr. Joseph S. Denny of White Post" as the candidate. Reading them as one man, and as the Joseph Denny of White Post of the April report, rests on the name, the place and the committee. Whether he was nominated is not reported here, and the delegates the item lists are not recorded.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The Courier's report of the convention.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., August 27, 1925
Clarke Courier · 1925-08-27 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, item headed Denny's Name for Senate
Relevant passageDENNY'S NAME FOR SENATE ... Mr. Joseph S. Denny of White Post will be put forward by the delegation from Clarke for the Democratic nomination for the Sta'te sena torsliip [State senatorship] to succeed Hon. H, F. Byrd, resigned, according to plans made last Saturday afternoon. The convention held at the Court House ... Mr. Denny, a member of the Democratic Executive Committee, presided Saturday in the absence of the chairman, Hon. W. T. Lewis.
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
AI-assisted source check (Claude Opus 5) · 2026-09-15. How this project checks its sources
Also indexed as: Mr. Joseph Denny; Joseph S. Denny. Life dates that aren't known aren't guessed at here.
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