The Biggs Machine

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>For the first half of the 20th Century in Polk County Tennessee Sheriff Burch Biggs reigned supreme. From 1904 to 1948 the political machine of Biggs was built upon three pillars-election fraud police brutality and graft-and while it is true that Biggs was not the first (or last) American sheriff to permit fee-grabbing take kickbacks or stuff the ballot box the duration and brutality of his tenure makes him exceptional.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Biggs was elected sheriff eight times and when he was out of office one of his two sons served in his place. </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>The Biggs Machine </em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>tells the story of Burch Biggs his corrupt empire and how it all came crashing down following World War II.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Extensively researched including interviews with Polk Countians who lived during the Biggs regime </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>The Biggs Machine </em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>presents the true story of how absolute power corrupts absolutely and a cautionary tale to prevent history from repeating itself.</span></p><p></p>