predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place jr/sr party term_end office birth_date term_start order image article_title state name
john b. gordon herschel johnson john b. gordon james johnson 30 november 1894 pickens , south carolina atlanta , georgia united states senator republican , democratic march 4 , 1891 june 27 , 1865 governor of georgia 15 april 1821 may 26 , 1880 november 6 , 1857 42nd joseph emerson brown.jpg joseph e. brown
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joseph e. brown

joseph emerson brown -lrb- april 15 , 1821november 30 , 1894 -rrb- , often referred to as joe brown , was the 42nd governor of georgia from 1857 to 1865 , and a u.s. senator from 1880 to 1891 .
governor brown was a leading secessionist in 1861 , taking his state out of the union and into the confederacy .
a former whig , and a firm believer in states ' rights , he defied the national government 's wartime policies .
he resisted the confederate military draft , and tried to keep as many soldiers at home as possible -lrb- to fight off invaders -rrb- .
he denounced confederate president jefferson davis as an incipient tyrant .
brown challenged confederate impressment of animals , goods , and slaves .
several other governors followed his lead .
