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  List of Lieutenant Governors of Tennessee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The following is a list of persons who have served as Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee (full current formal title: Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the Senate) since the current Tennessee State Constitution was adopted in 1870.
The title of Lieutenant Governor was formally added in 1951; however, the Speaker of the Senate has been the designated successor to the Governor of Tennessee since Tennessee achieved statehood in 1796.
During this period, the designated successor to the governor was Selden Maiden, Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Lieutenant_Governors_of_Tennessee   (221 words)

  
 TENNESSEE : Encyclopedia Entry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Tennessee is a Southern state of the United States, and the sixteenth state to join the union.
Tennessee is known as the "Volunteer State", a nickname that originated during the War of 1812, in which volunteer soldiers from Tennessee played a prominent role.
Tennessee lies adjacent to 8 other states (matched only by Missouri which also borders 8 states): Kentucky and Virginia to the north, North Carolina on the east, on the south by Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, and on the west by Arkansas and Missouri.
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 Tennessee - Wikipedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Tennessee was admitted to the Union in 1796 as the 16th state, and was created by taking the north and south borders of North Carolina and extending them with only one small deviation to the Mississippi River, Tennessee's western boundary.
Tennessee seceded from the Union on May 7, 1861.
After the American Civil War, Tennesse adopted a new constitution that abolished slavery (February 22, 1865), ratified the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution on July 18, 1866, and was readmitted to the Union July 24.
wikipedia.findthelinks.com /te/Tennessee.html   (261 words)

  
 Learn more about Tennessee in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Tennessee's governor holds office for a four year term and may serve any number of terms, but not more than two in a row.
Tennessee's current state constitution was adopted in 1870.
The first was adopted in 1796, the year Tennessee joined the union, and the second was adopted in 1834.
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /t/te/tennessee.html   (555 words)

  
 Tennessee: Encyclopedia topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The modern spelling, Tennessee, is attributed to James Glen, the Governor of South Carolina (South Carolina: A state in the Deep South; one of the original 13 colonies), who used this spelling in his official correspondence during the 1750s (1750s: The decade from 1750 to 1759).
Tennessee celebrated its bicentennial in 1996 after a yearlong statewide celebration entitled "Tennessee 200" by opening a new state park (Bicentennial Mall (Bicentennial Mall: bicentennial mall state park is a state park is located in the shadow of the state capitol...
The Tennessee River (Tennessee River: A river formed by the confluence of two other rivers near Knoxville; it follows a U-shaped course to become a tributary of the Ohio River in western Kentucky) is generally considered the dividing line between Middle and West Tennessee.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/tennessee   (3848 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Governor
A governor was originally an official appointed by the English monarch to oversee one of his colonies.
In theory state Governors are appointed by the Queen and act as her representative.
In the United Kingdom's remaining overseas territories the governor is normally a direct appointee of the British Government and plays an active role in governing and lawmaking (though usually with the advice of elected local representatives).
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Governor   (442 words)

  
 List of Governors of Tennessee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
East was Secretary of State for Tennessee from 1862-1865, appointed by Andrew Johnson, the military governor of the state under Union occupation during the American Civil War.
After Johnson was inaugurated as Vice-President of the United States on March 4, 1865, East became the Acting Governor of Tennessee until William G. Brownlow, the "elected" governor of Tennessee, was inaugurated on April 5, 1865.
The official Tennessee Blue Book does not include East in its list of former governors.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Tennessee   (124 words)

  
 History & Genealogy - Bibliographies - Core List of TN Books
A chronicle of the Tennessee frontier from Watauga to secession.
A history of the Army of Tennessee, in the eyes of the author a gallant army plagued with poor leadership.
A history of the womens’ suffrage movement and Tennessee’s pivotal role in the passage of the suffrage amendment.
www.state.tn.us /tsla/history/bibliographies/corelist.htm   (3046 words)

  
 List of Governors of Alabama -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In 1831, Governor Moore was elected to the United States Senate, and Samuel Moore, the president of the state senate, filled the unexpired term.
In 1837, Governor Clay was appointed to the United States Senate, and Hugh McVay, the president of the state senate, filled the unexpired term.
Lewis Parsons was appointed provisional governor by the Union occupation.
psychcentral.com /psypsych/List_of_Governors_of_Alabama   (431 words)

  
 Tennessee
Tennessee was the only state that seceded from the Union that did not have a military governor after the American Civil War, mostly due to the influence of President Andrew Johnson, a native of the state, who was Lincoln's vice president and succeeded him as president, due to the assassination.
Tennessee is bordered on the north by Kentucky and Virginia, on the east by North Carolina, on the south by Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, and on the west by Arkansas and Missouri.
The state's African-American population is concentrated mainly in West Tennessee and the city of Nashville.
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 Tennessee -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The state is constitutionally divided in to three "Grand Divisions" of east, middle and west Tennessee primarily based on the two crossings of the state by the Tennessee River.
The Party is also relatively strong in most of Middle Tennessee and West Tennessee north of Memphis.
The state of Tennessee is traditionally divided by its people into three, culturally distinct Grand Divisions—East, Middle, and West Tennessee.
psychcentral.com /psypsych/Tennessee   (2243 words)

  
 CNN.com Specials
With experience as a governor, congressman, Cabinet secretary and ambassador, Richardson boasts a wealth of experience in several of the 2004 presidential campaign's top issues.
His father James ran for governor and later became a federal judge while his mother Ruth was the fourth member of her family elected to the state assembly, and both were founding members of Wisconsin's modern Democratic party.
As governor of Kansas and daughter of a former Ohio governor, Kathleen Sebelius has key political capital in two swing states in the 2004 general election.
www.cnn.com /ELECTION/2004/special/president/candidates/vp.contenders   (3603 words)

  
 Top20Tennessee.com - Your Top20 Guide to Tennessee!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A list of state symbols and emblems with dates of adoption.
Tennessee is a Southern state of the United States.
See the List of famous Tennesseans and the List of Governors of Tennessee.
www.top20tennessee.com   (1688 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - States hope laws will curtail meth labs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Concerns about the spread of methamphetamine prompted the Georgia General Assembly last month to join a growing list of states restricting the sale of popular cold medicines that contain pseudoephedrine, a key ingredient in meth.
Governors say users aren't the only people who suffer the drug's devastating effects.
Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen adds: "All the traditional ways in which you go after drug distributors don't work with meth.
www.usatoday.com /news/health/2005-04-25-meth-labs-inside_x.htm   (868 words)

  
 Celebrity Research Lists - Famous Who Were Once Homeless
Note: This is a list of celebrities and other prominent and famous individuals who have experienced being homeless for a brief or extended period at one time in their lives, either as children or adults.
governor of Alaska 1897-1906 (streets of New York City during his childhood; sent west on one of many "orphan trains," accompanied on this particular trip by future North Dakota governor Andrew Burke).
governor of North Dakota 1870-1873 (streets of New York City during his childhood; sent west on one of many "orphan trains," accompanied on this particular trip by future Alaska governor John Green Brady).
www.angelfire.com /stars4/lists/homeless.html   (2901 words)

  
 History & Genealogy - Military - Tennessee Confederate Pension Applications
In 1891 Tennessee established the Board of Pension Examiners to determine if Confederate veterans applying for pensions were eligible.
Confederate veterans applied to the pension board of the state in which they resided at the time of application, even if this was not the state from which they served.
The application lists the veteran's place of enlistment, unit, period of service, battles participated in, and whether he was wounded or captured, as well as place of birth, number and gender of children, and value of personal and real property.
www.tennessee.gov /tsla/history/military/pension.htm   (384 words)

  
 Politics1 - Guide to the Inactive 2004 Democratic Presidential Prospects
California Governor Gray Davis was initially viewed as one of the potentially stronger Democratic hopefuls for 2004 because he comes from vote-rich California and is one of the most successful fundraisers in the party.
She was considered by Gore as a possible VP runningmate for 2000, but she did not make the final short list.
We moved Hardy to our "inactive" list because -- by March 2004 -- she had yet to qualify for any primary ballots and did not appear to be attempting to gain ballot access.
www.politics1.com /dems04.htm   (13615 words)

  
 Tennessee Trivia the Official Website   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Tennessee's Wild Side Weekly Online Tennessee's Wild Side has launched the ultimate web site for dedicated sprotsmen who fish the waters and hunt the lands of our great state.
Three Tennesseans on list of richest people...Three Tennessee residents are on the Forbes list of the richest people in the world.
Tennessee State Parks A list of Tennessee state parks.
www.tntrivia.com   (717 words)

  
 Hotel room reservations in Tennessee (TN)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Tennessee -Mean 275 meters seceded from the Union -Lowest 54 meters on May 7, 1861.
After ISO 3166-2: US-TN the American Civil War, Tennesse adopted a new constitution that abolished slavery (February 22, 1865), ratified the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution on July 18, 1866, and was the first state readmitted to the Union (July 24 of the same year).
Geography See:List of Tennessee counties It is bordered on the north by Kentucky and Virginia, on the east by North Carolina, on the south by Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, and on the west by Arkansas and Missouri.
www.hotels-united-states.com /USA/TN   (523 words)

  
 Bate Stamp   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
List of ethnic groups 97: * Bate Boiko 98: * Bate ke - minority group in the Republic of the Con
List of scholastic philosophers 83: * Henry Bate
List of Governors of Tennessee 196: William B. Bate
www.witchware.com /File/3781-Bate.Stamp.Html   (416 words)

  
 JOHN FAIN ANDERSON COLLECTION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
John Fain Anderson, born November 17, 1844, in Blountville, Sullivan County, Tennessee, was the son of Samuel Anderson (1805-1849) and his wife Hannah Crawford Fain (1811-1891).
List of Washington College graduates, miscellaneous poems, railroad in the south, Tennessee history, Brown family history, famous people.
Correspondence, list of governors of Tennessee including the territorial governors, Sullivan County history, Tennessee history.
cass.etsu.edu /archives/afindaid/a288.htm   (2563 words)

  
 Tennessee   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The name Tennessee was first recorded by Captain Juan Pardo, the Spanish explorer, when he and his men passed through a Native American village named "Tanasqui" in 1567 while travelling inland from South Carolina.
As European colonists spread into the area, the native populations were forcibly displaced to the west.
In 1897, the state celebrated its centennial of statehood (ignoring the small question of the Civil War, and the fact that it was one year late) with a great exposition.
www.info-pedia.net /about/tennessee   (664 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: Blount County, Tenn.
The list of cemeteries here is not comprehensive, nor is it intended to be.
This site only lists about 5,000 cemeteries where politicians are known to have been buried (the number grows gradually as more research is done).
The listings are incomplete; development of the database is a continually ongoing project.
politicalgraveyard.com /geo/TN/BL.html   (501 words)

  
 Tennessee State History Information Links Symbols Capital Constitution Flags Maps Song
The most valuable source of agricultural income in the state is the production of beef cattle followed by broilers (5-12 week-old chickens, milk, and hog and horse farms.
Tennessee is a leading producer, providing industrial chemicals, paints, pharmaceuticals, plastics resins and soaps.
Natural Resources: Tennessee's fertile soil, mild climate, huge water systems and abundant minerals (fluorite, marble, pyrite, zinc, limestone, phosphate rock, coal, small amount of petroleum and natural gas, Ball clay, lignite, sand and gravel, barite) make the state rich in natural resources.
www.netstate.com /states/links/tn_links.htm   (485 words)

  
 Sam Houston   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In 1822 he was elected to the House of Representatives for Tennessee, where he was a staunch supporter of fellow Tennesseean and Democrat Andrew Jackson and was widely considered to be Jackson's political protégé though their treatment of Indians differed greatly.
In 1827 he declined to run for re-election to Congress and instead ran for, and won, the office of governor of Tennessee, defeating the former governor, Willie Blount.
He ran for governor of Texas, unsuccessfully in 1857 and successfully against Hardin R. Runnels in 1859 as a unionist, making him the only person in U.S. history to be the governor of two different states.
tibol.typedot.com /Sam_Houston   (1984 words)

  
 USDOJ: FOIA: Principal FOIA Contacts at Federal Agencies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In some instances (e.g., the Department of Defense), all major agency components are listed individually under the agencies.
In still other instances (e.g., the Department of Labor), no components are listed, as it is the agency's preference that all FOIA contacts be made through its main FOIA office.
All telephone and fax numbers are listed by local area code, which can be dialed in the federal long distance system.
www.usdoj.gov /04foia/foiacontacts.htm   (829 words)

  
 Tennessee Biomass Information Network: Home
Tennessee Biomass Network Concludes Regional Workshops with Executive Briefing at the Memphis Bioworks Foundation
The Tennessee Biomass Information Network (TBIN) recently concluded three-regional workshops on the development of biomass into industrial products with an executive briefing held at the Memphis Bioworks Foundation.
These organizations are pushing for the use of biofuels and clean energy technologies in Tennessee that will pave the way for the use of cellulosic biomass as a major feedstock.
tennesseebiomass.com   (138 words)

  
 Austin Peay State University Official Athletics Web site
The 12th Annual Governors Bass tournament is slated for May 13th at Paris Landing State Park.
Austin Peay women’s soccer team continues to add to an already impressive list of signees for its 2006 roster with Lindsey Demrow, of Fort Collins, Colo., who signed a letter of intent, Tuesday.
It was a historic day for the Governors, who will return to scholarship football beginning in 2006 before returning to the OVC the next season.
www.apsu.edu /letsgopeay   (1348 words)

  
 Costs of Marijuana Prohibition: Economic Analysis
Please also indicate whether you would like to be a media spokesperson in your state for this study.
We, the undersigned, call your attention to the attached report by Professor Jeffrey A. Miron, The Budgetary Implications of Marijuana Prohibition.
At a minimum, this debate will force advocates of current policy to show that prohibition has benefits sufficient to justify the cost to taxpayers, foregone tax revenues, and numerous ancillary consequences that result from marijuana prohibition.
www.prohibitioncosts.org /endorsers.html   (306 words)

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