In 1905, Slemp was elected as chairman of the Republican State Committee and served until 1918 at which point he was elected to the Republican National Committee. Then in 1901, after being admitted to the Virginia bar, he resigned his position at the Institute to set up a law practice in Big Stone Gap. He taught at VMI as Professor of Mathematics for several years. Slemp served as Commandant of Cadets at the Marion Military Institute for one year after which he was hired as Principal of the Stonega Academy in Big Stone Gap. He then studied law at the University of Virginia. He also received the Jackson Medal for Most Distinguished Student four years in a row.
In 1887, Slemp entered the Corp of Cadets at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia and graduated in 1891, he graduated with the highest grade point average in the school's history. He attended the public schools of rural Southwest Virginia at The Seminary in Turkey Cove. Representative from the 9th district of Virginia from 1903 to 1907. Bascom Slemp was born at Turkey Cove, Virginia in Lee County on September 4, 1870, the son of Colonel Campbell Slemp, who would become a U.S.
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