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 Tennessee, state, United States: History
An amendment to the state constitution of 1834 freed the slaves, and, with ex-Confederates disfranchised and radical Republicans in control, the state was readmitted to the Union in Mar., 1866.
The situation improved after Brownlow left (1869) the governorship for the U.S. Senate, to which the state also returned (1875) Andrew Johnson in vindication of his record as Lincoln's successor in the presidency.
Brownlow's successor, Gov. De Witt C. Senter, although nominally a Republican, encouraged the calling of a new state constitutional convention.
www.infoplease.com /ce6/us/A0861484.html   (1609 words)

  
 KCWRT - Knoxville Civil War History
Again emphasizing the importance of rail transportation, Reverend William Carter, a Presbyterian minister of Elizabethton, took a suggestion made by William G. ("Parson") Brownlow of Knoxville to his brother, Colonel Samuel P. Carter, who was Commander of Camp Johnson in southern Kentucky where Union troops were being trained.
Brownlow suggested the burning of railroad bridges from Stevenson, Alabama, to Bristol, Virginia -- some 250 miles.
By the spring of 1864, Union General William T. Sherman began his march from his base in Chattanooga through north Georgia, through Atlanta, and to the Sea with 100,000 men, compared to Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston's 60,000.
www.discoveret.org /kcwrt/history/hk-text.htm   (4246 words)

  
 MCMINN COUNTY
In 1790 Territorial Governor William Blount appointed McMinn to county office, and in 1794 he represented Hawkins County in the Territorial General Assembly.
Governor William G. Brownlow attempted to reconstruct the whole railroad system, and by 1869 the general assembly had appropriated $14 million dollars for railroad companies.
Brownlow was succeeded by DeWitt C. Senter, who eventually abandoned Radicalism and worked with the Conservative legislature to reverse Radical measures.
www.rootsweb.com /~tnmcmin2/McMinnCountyHistory.htm   (9329 words)

  
 Tennessee
William C. Handy: Father of the Blues: An Autobiography.
Brownlow; Sketches of the Rise, Progress, and Decline of Secession: With a Narrative of Personal Adventures among the Rebels (1862)
Tennessee's governor holds office for a four year term and may serve a maximum of two terms.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/t/te/tennessee.html   (2357 words)

  
 Grainger County, Tennessee Genealogical Records Information
Members of the Lea family associated with Sam Houston, founded a city in Texas, surveyed the Iowa territory, and taught at the University of Tennessee.
DeWitt Clinton Senter, successor to Governor William G. Brownlow, grew up in Grainger County, as did Spencer Jarnagin, a U.S. senator (1843-47).
John Williams served as U.S. minister to Turkey.
www.mytennesseegenealogy.com /tn_county/gra.htm   (1661 words)

  
 "Recent Additions to the Library," Compiled by HELEN M. MCFARLAND, Librarian, Kansas State Historical Quarterly, May, ...
GRAVES, WILLIAM WHITES, History of Neosho County Newspapers, Occasion of the 70th Anniversary of the St. Paul Journal, August 4, 1948 St Paul, The St Paul Journal, 1938.
PORTER, WILLIAM ARTHUR, The Descendants of Peter Porter, an Emigrant of 1621.
HERNDON, WILLIAM HENRY, The Hidden Lincoln, From the Letters and Papers of William H. Herndon, Edited by Emanuel Hertz New York, The Viking Press, 1938.
www.kancoll.org /khq/1939/39_2_mcfarland.htm   (6946 words)

  
 Civil War
Reign of Terror in Tennessee William G. Brownlow, 1861
Why Slavery Must Be Protected In The Territories Albert G. Brown of Mississippi, Jan 3 1860
Quakers of North Carolina Fernando G. Cartland, 1895
www.adena.com /adena/usa/cw   (1690 words)

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