Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-08-04

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the Senate 10 1880 as the successor Of
Mr.. Foster and served until his death,
December 10, 1910.
Gov. Polk appointed A. o. P. Mich
olson to al the vacancy caused by the
death Of Felix Grundy. and he served
until along in 1S4l. The dlibustering
OF the Democrats ia the Legislature Of
1871 which has already been mentioned,
prevented The Wings from elec,ing
United States Senators. So il would
seem that there was n vacancy. in this
Senatorship also until 1e43, when E. II.
Foster was again elected to fill out the
remaining two years of the Senatorship
to which he had been elected by the
Legislature OF 1s37.SS. Mr.. Foster
served from iS49 to 1916, when be was
succeeded by Hopkins Lacy Turney.
Mr.. Turney, although a Democrat, was
elected by the votes OF forty seven
Wings and six boiling Democrats over
A. o. p. Nicholson, the regular Demo-
cratic nominee. The Wings couldn't
elect a ma of their own, SC they were
paying off the old score of 1871.
Mr.. Tnrney served a full term of six
years, reaching from 1916 to 1851. when
he was succeeded by ex,Goy. James G..
Jones. Mr.. Jones served n full term of
six years, succeeded by Andrew John
son. Mr.. Johpsonls term began in 1857
and ended In 1868, but on account of
the war, he did not serve more than
five years Of it. There was a vacancy
in this Senatorship from 1868 to 1865.
But in 1866 d. T. Patterson was elected
to the Senatorship- serving the remain
ing four years from 1865 to 1869, when
he was succeeded by VIM. G. Brown
low, who served u full term of six years,
from 1869 to 1876, when he was sue
ceeded by ex President johnson. Mr..
johnson began his term March 4, 1875,
but died July 80. 1876, and Gov. Porter
appointed d. NJ. Key to serve until the
meeting of the Legislature, in January,
1877, at which time James +. Bailey
elected to fill out the unexpired term,
and he served until March4 1881, when
he was succeeded by Howell Z. Jack.
son, who served five years, from 1881
to 1886, when he resigned to accept a
Federal judgeship, and Gov. Bate APP
pointed w. @. Whitthorne to serve
until the end of the term, March 4,
1867. Mr. Whitthorne was succeeded
by ex Governor Bate, who took his seat
as II Senator March A, 1887, and was
elected to succeed himself March 4,
1893, and is TO- filling out his second
term of six years, which will expire
March A, 1899.
CHANGING back at these Scholarships,
1T will be found that thirteen men have
filled tho Senatorship to which Will
liam Blount was elected in 1896, and
twenty men have filled the Senator.
ship to which William Cooke was elect
ed in 1886. but as both Andrew jack
son and A. O, p. Nicholson served a
brief term in each Senatorship, this
only thirty one men who have
served as Senators from Tennessee
from 1906 to 1897.
Each OF these Senatorships has been
filled by SOME oN Tennessee's greatest
men. Take the one headed by Will
Blount, himself u great and popu-
lar man. Then comes Joseph Ander-
seventeen years a Senator, and
the first President pro tempore from
then Andrew jackson. twice
u Senator, and twice President of the
United States, and always a great man.
Hugh l.. White was y Senator fourteen
years, President pro tempore of the
Senate, and a candidate for President
in 1886. Spencer %Jarnngin was one of
Tennessee's brightest, ablest men. John
Bell was Speaker Of Congress, Cabinet
officer, twelve years a Senator, and a
candidate for President in 1860. Mich.
olson was twice a Senator, and after
wards Chief Justice of his State. Harris
was three times a Governor and a Sen.
ator for more than twenty years.
CHANGING at the Senatorship headed
by William Cooke in 1896, we find An
drew Jackson mentioned already, then
are Daniel Smith. Jenkins White.
sides and Jesse Wharton, of whom but
little mention is made in history. Geo.
w. Campbell was Secretary of the
Treasury for a time; Eaton and Grundy
we're also in the Cabinets of Jackson
and Van buren,; Foster and Jimmie
Jones were also quite prominent in
their day. Then there we're Andy John.
and Parson Brownlow, whose
names will always live in he-history
of Tennessee. II is also well to note
that Tennessee was u State in the
Union for fifty years before u single
one OF her ex Governors reached tho
United States Senate. James Q. Jones
the first ex Governor to receive the
honor. Another thing to notice is that
the thirty n distinguished gentle
men who have represented Tennessee
n the United States Senate, only five
II the number have been Governor of
he State-James @. Jones, Andrew
lohnson, VIM. 9. Brownlow. Isham G.
and VIM. B. Bate. !.
Taken altogether, 1t is a list of which
vi Tennesseans may well feel proud.
It is not every State that can show SO
many able and distinguished men in
heir list of Senator'S. Two Presidents,
iwo candidates for the Presidency, five