Governors of Tennessee, The (The Pelican Governors Series)

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This meticulously researched work, the fourth volume in Pelican’s Governors of the States Series, traces the lives and careers of the lads who have held Tennessee’s very best workplace, beginning with the founding of the unique independent state of Franklin in 1784 and continuing to the current.

As writer Margaret I. Phillips vividly documents, Tennessee’s history and culture have been profoundly shaped by a lot of strong, dynamic governors. These leaders include the primary governor, charismatic John Sevier, who served six terms; the near-legendary Sam Houston; and two men who later turned into president of america, James K. Polk (1845-1849) and Andrew Johnson (1865-1869). Other notable figures who occupied the statehouse include the scholarly Archibald Roane; William Blount, the patriotic zealot; William Carroll, the “pioneering Babbitt”; Joseph McMinn, the “peaceful negotiator”; tart-tongued James “Lean Jimmy” Jones; and Robert Love Taylor, the “pardoning governor.”

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