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1867 Tennessee gubernatorial election
County resultsBrownlow: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%Etheridge: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% No data
The 1867 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held on August 1, 1867, to elect the governor of Tennessee . Incumbent Republican Governor Parson Brownlow defeated Conservative nominee Emerson Etheridge with 76.85% of the vote.
Background [ edit ]
Tennessee was brought back into the United States in 1866, without having gone through Congressional Reconstruction . Governor Parson Brownlow , a Radical Republican , oversaw the passage of legislation that required loyalty oaths in order to vote. Legislation giving suffrage to black people was passed on February 26, 1867.
Campaign [ edit ]
The Tennessee Republican Party held its convention on February 22, 1867, and gave its gubernatorial nomination to Brownlow by acclamation.
Twenty-four members of the state legislature who opposed Brownlow called the Conservative Union State Convention. The Conservative Party voted unanimously to give its gubernatorial nomination to former Whig congressman Emerson Etheridge , who was nominated by Edmund Cooper , on April 16, 1867. The convention was attended by John Baxter , Elias Polk , William B. Campbell , Dorsey B. Thomas , and others.[4] [5] [6]
Brownlow stated that Tennessee was "the only stronghold Republicanism has in the South". The Union League campaigned in the state for Republicans and courted the black vote. The Freedmen's Bureau offered financial assistance to black people whose employment was targeted by Conservatives for registering to vote and supporting Republicans. Brownlow increased the size of the militia to protect black people from intimidation. Brownlow was unable to campaign as he lost his voice and instead had other Republicans, including Secretary of State Andrew J. Fletcher, campaign for him.
General election [ edit ]
Brownlow won the election. The Republicans also won every seat in the concurrent U.S. House of Representatives election and almost every seat in the state legislature. Brownlow left office in 1869, after being appointed to the United States Senate , and was replaced by Dewitt Clinton Senter .
Endorsements [ edit ]
State legislators
References [ edit ]
^ "Conservative Convention At Nashville" . Public Ledger . April 17, 1867. p. 2. Archived from the original on September 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "The Convention" . The Tennessean Archived from the original on September 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "The Convention" . Nashville Union and American Archived from the original on September 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
Works cited [ edit ]
Abbott, Richard (1986). The Republican Party and the South, 1855-1877: The First Southern Strategy University of North Carolina Press . ISBN 0807816809
Herbert, Hilary (1890). Why The Solid South? or, Reconstruction And Its Results
Moore, John; Preimesberger, Jon, eds. (1994). Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections Congressional Quarterly . ISBN 0871879964
Parker, James (1974). "Tennessee Gubernatorial Elections, I. 1869--The Victory of the Conservatives" . Tennessee Historical Quarterly . 33 1 ). Tennessee Historical Society : 34–48. doi :10.2307/42623426 . JSTOR 42623426 .
Temple, Oliver (1912). Notable Men of Tennessee From 1833 to 1875: Their Times and Their Contemporaries
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