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Book Title: Century Review

  Governors- have been elected as follows: John Sevier, 1794, 6, 8; Archibald

Roan, 1800; Sevier again, '02, 4, 6; Willie Blount, 8, 10, 12; Jos. McMinn, 14,

18; Wm. Carroll, 20, 24, 28, 30, 32; Sam. Houston, 26, Wm. Hall acting; Newton

Cannon, 34, 36; Jas. K. Polk, 38; J. C. Jones, 40, 42; A. V. Brown, 44; Neil S.

Brown, 46; Wm. Trousdale, 48; Wm. B. Campbell, 50; Andrew Johnson, 52, 54, and

Military Gov., 62; Isham G. Harris, 56, 58, 60; Wm. G. Brownlow, 64, 66; Dewit

C. Senter, 68; J. C. Brown, 70, 72; J. D. Porter, 74, 76: Albert S. Marks, 78;

A. W. Hawkins, 80; Wm. B. Bate, 82, 84; Robt. L. Taylor, 86, 88, 96; J. P.

Buchanan, 90; Peter Turney, 92, 94; Benton McMillin, 98, 1900; James B. Frazier,

'02, 4, elected to U. S. Senate Mar. 21, 1905; and John I. Cox, Speaker of the

Senate, succeeded to the Governor's chair Mar. 28.



  Representatives to the General Assembly from Maury Co. have been: Moses

Frierson, 1809; Amos Johnson, 11; I. J. Thompson, 23; A. O. P. Nicholson, 31;

Jonas E. Thomas, 35, 39; Barclay Martin, 39, 41, 47, 51; Wm. H. Polk, 43, 57; P.

Gordon, 43, 45; R. A. L. Wilkes, 45, 47; Geo. Gantt, 49; W. J. Strayhorn, 49; J.

L. Miller, 51; Frank Hardeman, 53; A. M. Looney, 55, 83; W. C. Whitthorne, 59,

61; S. M. Arnell, Floater from Brownlow Legislature, 63; C. C. Bean, J. Gilmer,

65; W. O. Perkins, 69; W. B. WTilson, 69, 71; W. B. Gordon, 71; A. M. Hughes,

Jr., Jno. Frierson, F. A. Burke, 73; R. A. Glenn, 73, 75,: 77; B. B. Toon, 75;

Campbell Brown, 75; J. Lee Bullock, 77, 79; Jno. Ballanfant, 79, 81; D. B.

Cooper, R. A. Wilkes, 81: A. M. Looney, W. T. Porter, 83; Geo. C. Taylor, F. A.

Burke, E. W. Carmack, 85; W. J. Whitthorne, N. R. Wilkes, W. J. Strayhorn, 87,

89; Jas. H. Akin, C. V. Cyrus, R. C. Gordon, 91; W. H. Nelson, F. M. Ricketts,

93; W. S. Jennings, R. C. Gordon, 95; Mumford Smith, J. H. Courtney, .97; H. L.

Oliver, W. T. Porter, 99; A. A. Lipscomb, J. C. Nelson, 1901, '03; W. B. Long,

A. A. Lipscomb, 1905.



  State Senators for Maury Co. have been: Thos. Benton, elected 1808; Newton

Cannon, 10, 12; J. R. Alexander, 14; A. R. Alexander, 16; Thos. Coleman, 20;

Benj. Reynolds, 18, 22, 26; Wm. E. Kennedy, 24; Edw. B. Littlefield, 28, 32;

Lucius J. Polk, 30; Terry H. Cahal, 34, 36; A. O. P. Nicholson, 42; Williamson

Smith, 38; Barclay Martin, 40; Jonas E. Thomas, 44; T. M. Jones, 46; R. A. L.

Wilkes, 48; E. R. Osborne, 50; S. B. Moore, 52; W. C. Whitthorne, 54, 56; Thos.

McNeilly, 58, 60; T. B. Frierson, 65, 66 (served as Speaker); Jesse R. Eaton,

68, 70; F. P. Allison, 72; A. T. Boyd, 74; W. D. Fulton, 76; Jno. M. Crow, 78;

Thos. L. Perkins, 80: Jno. T. Williamson, 82; A. M. Looney, 84; L. E. Polk, 86;

A. Plummer, 88; VanLeer Polk, 90; W. J. Whitthorne, 92, 94; J. B. Dobbs, 96; L.

P. Padgett, 98; E. E. Erwin, 1900, '02; Fred. L. Schubert, '04, 5.



  United States Senators.-The first Senators from this State were seated Dec.,

1796-Wm. Cocke and Wm. Blount, the latter expelled for misdemeanor July 8, 1797,

and Joseph Anderson appointed for that session, Andrew Jackson taking the vacant

seat Nov. 22, 1797. Jackson resigned, 98; Danl. Smith appointed; and Anderson

elected, holding to 1814; Jno. Williams,'15; Andrew Jackson, 21; resigned and

Hugh Lawson White elected, 25; Alex. Anderson, 39; Spencer Jarnigan, 43; Jno.

Bell, 47; A. O. P. Nicholson, 59; expelled, 61. Cocke was succeeded '05 by Danl.

Smith; resigned, '09. Jenkins Whiteside filled out the term. Geo. W. Campbell,

11; resigned, 14; Jesse M. Wharton appointed; Campbell reelected, 14; resigned,

18; J. H. Eaton, 18-29, resigned; Felix Grundy, 29-38, resigned; Eph. H. Foster,

45-6: H. L. Turney, 47-50; Jas. C. Jones, 51; Andrew Johnson, 57, until

Tennessee seceded-June, 1861. Joseph Caldamer, first Senator after readmission

to the Union, died 65, succeeded by Jos. S. Fowler; Henry Cooper, 71; Andrew

Johnson, 75; died soon after election; David M. Key appointed, 75; Jas. E.

Bailey elected, 76; Isham G. Harris, 77; died July 8, 1897; Thos. B. Turley

succeeded; E. W. Carmack, 1901-6. He was born in Sumner Co., Tenn., Nov. 5,

1858; opened a law practice at Columbia, 76: served as City Attorney, 1880-4;

promoted to Tennessee General Assembly; served as editor of the Nashville

American, 86-8; later, editor of Memphis Commercial-Appeal. Mr. Carmack served

two terms in Congress prior to his promotion to the Senate, where he has given a

good account of himself. The other seat was filled in 1866 by D. T. Patterson;

Wm. G. Brownlow, 69; H. E. Jackson, 81; resigned, 86; W. C. Whitthorne

appointed; W. B. Bate elected, holding to his death- Mar. 9, 1905. As he had

only entered upon his fourth term in special session, convened five days prior

to his death, Gov. Jas. B. Frazier was elected Mar. 21 for the term ending 1911.

Gov. Frazier was born in Bledsoe Co., Tenn., 78; admitted to the bar at

Nashville, 80; practiced law in Chattanooga; elected Governor, '02-4.





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CENTURY REVIEW

1805 - 1905

MAURY COUNTY, TENNESSEE

A Condensation of the Most Important Events of the Past One Hundred Years, and

Descriptive Sketches of the Cities and Villages



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