A statue of

Edward W. Carmack Edward Ward Carmack (November 5, 1858November 9, 1908) was an attorney, newspaperman, and political figure who served as a U.S. Senator from Tennessee from 1901 to 1907. Following his political service, and after an unsuccessful run for Governor ...

was installed in Nashville, Tennessee, United States in 1924. The statue was the work of American sculptor

Nancy Cox-McCormack Nancy Cox-McCormack, later Cushman (August 15, 1885 – February 17, 1967), was an American sculptor, writer and socialite. Between 1910 and 1953 she sculpted bronze and terra cotta busts and bas reliefs of more than seventy sitters, including s ...

. Carmack was an opponent of Ida B. Wells and encouraged retaliation for her support of the civil rights movement.

History

Carmack — formerly a US Senator — was shot and killed on November 9, 1908, by

Duncan Brown Cooper Duncan Brown Cooper (April 21, 1844–November 4, 1922) was an American journalist, publisher and Democratic politician. He served in both the Tennessee House of Representatives and in the Tennessee Senate. In 1908, he became involved in a ...

and son, Robin Cooper. Both were tried & convicted of murder, then pardoned by Governor Ham Patterson; in 1909, the Tennessee legislature provided for the creation of a memorial sculpture of him by

, to be placed on the grounds of the Capitol. It was erected in 1927. The monument was toppled by demonstrators during the George Floyd protests in 2020.

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