William G. Brownlow

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(August 29, 1805 — April 29, 1887) Brownlow was a Methodist minister, journalist, and politician. William Gannaway Brownlow was born in Whytheville, Virginia in 1805 and moved to Tennessee in 1828. In 1826, Brownlow entered the Methodist ministry and continued his ministerial duties after moving to Tennessee in 1828. While in Tennessee, he acted as editor and publisher of a newspaper. He served as delegate to the State constitutional convention that reorganized the State government in 1864. Brownlow was Governor of Tennessee in 1865 and 1867 before being elected to Congress. He was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served during the Forty-First, Forty-Second, and Forty-Third Congresses from March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1875. After serving in Congress, Brownlow returned to Tennessee and worked in journalism until his death in 1877. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/B000963]

Member of Tennessee Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875.

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