resting_place education predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place religion party office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name occupation
old gray cemetery knoxville , tennessee east tennessee college burton l. stovall thomas c. lyon joshua b. frierson j. crozier ramsey july 16 , 1866 greeneville , tennessee , united states knoxville , tennessee presbyterian whig party republican party speaker the eastern district of tennessee of the tennessee senate united states attorney for 1798 april 5 , 1865 1850 samuel r. rodgers
 june 10 , 1865 1853 samuel r. rodgers attorney
samuel r. rodgers

samuel ramsey rodgers -lrb- 1798 -- july 14 , 1866 -rrb- was an american attorney , judge and politician , who served as speaker of the tennessee senate during the months following the civil war .
he oversaw the passage of several important pieces of legislation in the senate , including the state 's ratification of the thirteenth amendment to the u.s. constitution .
rodgers remained loyal to the union during the war , and chaired the convention that reorganized the state government in january 1865 .
prior to the war , rodgers served as u.s. attorney for tennessee 's eastern district -lrb- 1850 -- 1853 -rrb- , and taught at east tennessee college -lrb- the forerunner of the university of tennessee -rrb- .
