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32: 615: 1053: 20: 704: 719: 479: 1049:, allies of Brownlow who sought civil rights for blacks and retribution against former Confederates. Conservatives, badly outnumbered, used parliamentary tactics such as quorum busts to thwart Radical initiatives, leading to frequent showdowns in the House and Senate. In spite of these divisions, the state government ratified the Thirteenth and Fourteenth amendments to the U.S. Constitution, allowing Tennessee to become the first former Confederate state readmitted to the Union in 1866. 769: 978:, opposed it, arguing it would serve only to postpone a Union victory in the war. By mid-1863, Johnson was under pressure from Lincoln to hold elections in the state. He continuously hesitated, however, as he was concerned that Unionists who opposed the Proclamation (known as "Conservative Unionists") would prevail. Conservative Unionists thus grew increasingly frustrated with Johnson over his emancipation stance and his refusal to hold elections. 837:
Gantt. Six of the committee members were from East Tennessee, though there is no evidence they were present at its proceedings. In its report issued on June 29, the committee questioned whether or not the convention was truly representative of East Tennessee, and expressed hope that East Tennesseans would eventually come around and accept the results of the June 8 referendum. It stated no action would be taken until the next legislative session.
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part of the Union as the State of Tennessee; that East Tennessee would remain neutral in any war between the U.S. and the Confederacy, so long as they were left alone; that East Tennessee would resist by force any attempt to station or quarter Confederate troops in the region; that any attack on the region's Unionists would be met with retaliation; and that East Tennessee counties would form military companies for self-defense.
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Tennessee. The Declaration rejected the notion that Southerners' rights had been violated, accused secessionist leaders of acting in an undemocratic manner, and argued that secessionist leaders were to blame for dividing the country and plunging the nation into civil war. The Declaration was adopted with little opposition, though the final draft was toned down by Temple and fellow Knox delegate
820:, argued that Nelson's supporters were being irrational and acting out of anger. On the morning of the fourth day (June 21), the business committee voted in favor of Temple's resolutions. Johnson motioned to reinstate Nelson's resolutions, however, and the debate began anew. A speech by Maynard apparently turned the tide, and Temple's resolutions were adopted " 470:) was actually a slave trader. Reasons for the strong Unionist movement in East Tennessee typically focus on long-standing political disputes with Middle and West Tennessee, economic differences with the other two divisions (including a significantly smaller slave population relative to the rest of the South), and the region's mountainous isolation. 495:. In early May, the General Assembly passed legislation establishing a military alliance with the Confederacy and issued a "Declaration of Independence" from the United States. A new referendum was slated for June 8 for Tennessee's voters to choose whether or not to adopt the new Declaration and effectively lead Tennessee into the Confederacy. 606:, denounced the legislature's violation of state and federal laws, condemned secessionist leaders, and declared the June 8 vote and the state's formation of a military league with the Confederacy unconstitutional. Nelson, as president, was empowered to summon the convention at a future date and select the place where it would convene. 2094: 1998: 1168:
convention's leaders were attorneys or politicians. Approximately three-fourths of Bryan's sample were over the age of 40, with the oldest being 76 and the youngest 22. Roughly 41% of the sample were slaveholders, though most owned fewer than five slaves. The wealthiest delegate by far was Knoxville attorney
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Andrew Johnson, who had been serving as Tennessee's military governor since 1862, was elected Vice President of the United States in November 1864 and was elevated to the presidency after Lincoln was assassinated in April 1865. William "Parson" Brownlow, a member of the convention's Knox delegation,
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The arguments quickly became personal. Baxter was ruthlessly assailed for having taken the Confederate oath, and a motion to allow only truly loyal men at the convention failed by a narrow vote. Heiskell accused Brownlow of selling out to northerners over the issue of slavery. After four days, with
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Unlike the Declaration of Grievances, the resolutions proposed by Nelson were debated at length. His proposals essentially stated that the convention would not abide by Tennessee's Declaration of Independence nor would it support the Confederacy; that the counties of East Tennessee would continue as
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On June 8, secessionists prevailed when voters statewide approved the state's secession ordinance by a margin of 108,418 to 46,996. However, while 86% of voters in Middle and West Tennessee approved of the ordinance, nearly 70% of East Tennessee voters still opposed it. A majority of voters in every
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generally split. As the sectionalist conflict over the issue of slavery heated up in the late 1850s, however, sentiments in West Tennessee began to shift in favor of the Democrats. Harris, a staunch pro-slavery Southern Democrat, was elected by over 12,000 votes in 1857, and over 8,000 votes in 1859.
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The convention opened with a prayer by the Reverend James Cummings, a member of the Sevier County delegation. Officers from the Knoxville session were retained, and Nelson appointed replacements for business committee members who were not present. Nelson submitted a Declaration of Grievances and a
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won the election in November 1860, Southern Democrats, convinced that Lincoln would abolish slavery, began calling for secession. Following two contentious meetings between secessionists and Unionists in Knoxville in late 1860, Unionist leaders organized rallies in counties throughout East Tennessee
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Although it failed in its goal of establishing a Union-aligned state in East Tennessee, the convention played an important role in solidifying leadership and unity of purpose for the region's Unionists. Many of its delegates would serve in federal, state and local offices during the postwar period.
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from June 17 to June 20, 1861, after Tennessee had voted to secede from the Union. This second meeting produced a memorial to the state government requesting East Tennessee be allowed to separate from Tennessee. The convention met for a final time in Knoxville from April 12 to April 16, 1864, to
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The Declaration of Grievances suggested that the June 8 election outcome was the result of fraud and intimidation in Middle and West Tennessee, and refuted several statements made by pro-secession newspapers deriding the East Tennessee Convention as not representative of general sentiment in East
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After the convention adjourned, its leaders embarked on a speaking campaign in hopes of once again thwarting secessionists' efforts in the June 8 referendum. Nelson and Johnson, who had been jointly campaigning in the weeks before the convention, resumed their canvass. Fiery newspaper publisher
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The Tennessee General Assembly received the convention's memorial on June 28, 1861, and appointed a joint committee to consider its resolutions. The committee consisted of 13 state senators and state representatives, and was chaired by state senator Jordan Stokes and state representative George
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Temple, Netherland, and Greene County delegate James P. McDowell were chosen to deliver to the legislature a memorial requesting East Tennessee be allowed to form a separate state. A motion by Netherland allowed delegates to continue serving in the Tennessee General Assembly. A motion by James
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While slavery was a divisive issue nationwide, East Tennessee's Unionists opposed secession for different reasons. There had been an abolitionist movement in East Tennessee in the early 19th century, but it had largely dissolved by the 1840s. By 1860, the region's Unionist leaders opposed both
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The efforts of Tennessee's secessionists culminated in a February 9, 1861, statewide referendum in which voters chose whether or not to hold a convention to consider the issue of secession. After a bitter campaign, the hopes of secessionists appeared to be dashed when Tennessee voters rejected
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on June 17. Greeneville was chosen over Knoxville due to threats that had been issued against Knoxville Unionists. On the afternoon of June 17, 285 delegates from across the region convened at the Greene County Courthouse, significantly fewer than the 469 who had met in Knoxville three weeks
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delegation, succeeded Brownlow as governor, and initiated efforts to restore the rights of ex-Confederates. At the state's 1870 constitutional convention, which wrote its current constitution, former East Tennessee Convention delegate John Baxter led the committee that drafted the document's
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In 1980, historian Charles F. Bryan, Jr., performed a demographic analysis of a random sample of forty-six East Tennessee Convention delegates. While the delegates included merchants, attorneys, physicians, ministers, and artisans, a majority were "moderately wealthy" farmers. Most of the
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Many delegates felt that Nelson's resolutions were too extreme and provocative, and would likely lead to bloodshed and destruction. On the third day (June 20), Oliver Perry Temple offered an alternate set of resolutions. These essentially stated that the convention desired peace; that the
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passing through Greeneville had harassed the convention delegates, stealing their breakfast and cutting down an American flag). William C. Kyle and his brother-in-law John Blevins, both delegates from Hawkins, issued a general protest of the convention's proceedings, but did not elaborate.
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in early 1865. Montgomery Thornburgh, a Jefferson County delegate, died in a Confederate prison in Tuscaloosa. Hamilton County delegate William J. Clift nearly died from injuries sustained during his escape from a Confederate prison in Atlanta. Convention secretary
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state government on the eve of the war unconstitutional, and requested that East Tennessee, where Union support remained strong, be allowed to form a separate state that would remain part of the United States split from the rest of Confederate Tennessee (a la
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was elected Governor of Tennessee in January 1865. More than a dozen former delegates would serve in the state legislature during war's aftermath, including Alfred Cate (Hamilton), William Mullenix (Sullivan), Beriah Frazier (Knox), Wilson Duggan (Sevier),
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on May 18. In subsequent days, counties throughout the region held smaller conventions to choose delegates and give them instructions. These county conventions were momentous events, often accompanied by impassioned speeches and brass band performances.
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occupied East Tennessee, however, and this meeting never took place. Nelson, who was a member of Congress, attempted to flee to Washington, D.C. but was captured and held in Virginia. He was released after agreeing to remain neutral during the war.
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The Unionist-dominated state government was bitterly divided during the postwar period between Conservative Republicans, allies of Andrew Johnson who preferred a return to a prewar state of affairs (though with emancipation intact), and the
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The April 1864 session of the East Tennessee Convention was wrought with infighting. Johnson opened the convention with a speech attacking slavery, but it quickly became clear that Conservative Unionists, led by Nelson, John Baxter,
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Tennessee Unionists blasted the state government's actions as unconstitutional and despotic, but nevertheless began a determined campaign for the June 8 vote. In mid-May, several of Knoxville's Unionist leaders gathered at the
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secessionist actions of the state government were unconstitutional; that the convention would seek the state legislature's permission to form a new state; and that a convention for the proposed state would be held at
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on April 12, 1861, sentiments in Tennessee began to shift in favor of secession. Harris rejected Lincoln's call for troops to put down the rebellion, and initiated efforts to align Tennessee with the burgeoning
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praised the convention, stating, "Literally surrounded on all sides by infuriate enemies, the bold mountaineers of Tennessee have dared to be free." Pro-secession newspapers blasted the convention. The
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earlier. Just 130 of the Greeneville delegates had been delegates at the Knoxville session. Rhea County did not send any delegates. Marion, Scott, and Cumberland were represented by proxy.
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Numerous East Tennessee Convention members would win election or appointment to higher offices. Following his term as governor, Brownlow served a term (1869–1875) in the U.S. Senate.
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Many Convention delegates suffered greatly as a result of their Union sympathies, and some died. Tolliver Staples, a Morgan County delegate, was captured in Kentucky in 1863, and executed by
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holding the convention, 69,675 votes to 57,789. In East Tennessee, roughly 81% of voters rejected the convention, including majorities in every East Tennessee county with the exception of
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series of resolutions on the evening of the first day, which were immediately referred to the business committee. The next two days were largely consumed by propositions and debate.
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The business committee announced its proposed resolutions on May 31 (interrupting Johnson's speech), and after a short debate, they were adopted. The resolutions essentially praised
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Heated debate on the convention floor followed Temple's proposals. Supporters of Nelson's resolutions, among them Thomas D. Arnold and Robert Johnson of Greene, William J. Clift of
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The vast majority of the East Tennessee Convention delegates were former Whigs, though several were Democrats, including Andrew Johnson's sons, Charles and Robert, and son-in-law,
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in 1857. The six previous elections had all been decided by less than 2,500 votes (out of over 110,000 votes cast). Whigs relied heavily on East Tennessee and Democrats relied on
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described the Convention as "a few tory leaders of Knoxville and King Nelson," and accused them of trying to ignite bloodshed by inviting federal soldiers to the region. The
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secession in June. Smaller shifts had taken place in Knox (89% against in February, but only 72% against in June) and Roane (96% against in February, 77% against in June).
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After delivering a one-hour speech, Nelson appointed a 26-man general committee (or "business" committee), consisting of one delegate for each county (two counties,
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On May 30, the East Tennessee Convention's 469 delegates from 28 East Tennessee counties gathered in a grove near Temperance Hall in East Knoxville. The Reverend
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in Knoxville on April 12, 1864 (the date was chosen as the third anniversary of the attack on Fort Sumter). The purpose of this session was to discuss Lincoln's
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Declaration of Rights. Former delegates William B. Carter, John Netherland, and William B. Staley (of Roane County) were also at the constitutional convention.
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on May 30–31, 1861, in response to the state government's "Declaration of Independence" from the United States and formation of a military league with the
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was elected president of the convention, and resolutions were adopted denouncing the state government's actions. The convention met for the second time in
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A county-by-county breakdown of the vote shows that opposition to secession was strongest in the mountainous northern East Tennessee counties, namely
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Maxwell warned that if Confederate troops moving through the region continued to harass Unionists, Unionists would retaliate (a regiment of
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declared, "It is now for the Secessionists in the Legislature to say whether we shall separate in peace, or have a disastrous Civil War."
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delegation who had been the Opposition Party's candidate for governor in 1859. Netherland merely warned against making hasty decisions.
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Throughout the first half of the 19th century, East Tennessee was frequently at odds with Tennessee's two other grand divisions,
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of Bradley. While most had never held political office, the convention did include three who had served in the U.S. Congress (
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were arrested and detained by Confederate authorities in December 1861, but were subsequently cleared by a Confederate court.
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On June 11, 1861, Nelson, using the power granted him during the Knoxville session, ordered the convention to reassemble in
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convention (which would organize a new state) to assemble on August 31. In subsequent weeks, Confederate troops under
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Deaderick had to leave early on the fourth day, and was replaced by S.K.N. Patton for that day's afternoon session
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Temperance Hall (center) and adjacent groves in East Knoxville, where the East Tennessee Convention met in May 1861
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abolition. Many members of the East Tennessee Convention were slave owners, and at least one (William C. Kyle of
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Gubernatorial elections in Tennessee had been very competitive during the two decades prior to the election of
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Map showing the June 1861 Ordinance of Secession vote in East Tennessee by county. No data could be found for
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delegation, delivered an explosive two-hour speech to the rest of the convention. On the morning of May 31,
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in the 1870s. John J. Craig, a member of the Knox delegation, was instrumental in the development of the
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derided the convention's "Declaration of Grievances" as "unworthy a free, just and magnanimous people."
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The old Greene County Courthouse in Greeneville, where the East Tennessee Convention met in June 1861
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Numerous Convention delegates served in the Union Army. At the convention's Greeneville session,
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Perhaps the most brazen wartime act in which East Tennessee Convention delegates engaged was the
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Journal of the Proceedings of the Convention of Delegates Elected by the People of Tennessee
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Brownlow was a member of the Knox delegation; Kyle was a member of the Hawkins delegation
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From the late 1830s until the early 1850s, Tennessee was politically divided between the
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The East Tennessee Convention has received only scant coverage in Civil War histories.
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to join the Union army. Cooper and James G. Spears would both rise to the rank of
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East Tennessee county opposed the ordinance with the exception of Sullivan, Meigs,
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During the 1860 presidential election, East Tennessee's former Whigs turned to the
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marker in Greeneville, recalling the East Tennessee Convention's June 1861 session
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Vanquished Volunteers: East Tennessee Sectionalism from Statehood to Secession
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Journal of the Convention of Delegates Elected by the People of Tennessee
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The Unionists' victory in February 1861 was short-lived. Following the
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At Johnson's request, the East Tennessee Convention reassembled at the
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for president, and called for leniency toward former Confederates.
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Lincolnites and Rebels: A Divided Town in the American Civil War
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A Gathering of Tories: The East Tennessee Conventions of 1861
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referred to the Convention as "Traitors in Council," and the
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On July 10, 1861, T. A. R. Nelson issued a call for the
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Democrats also gained control of both chambers of the
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Langley was a member of the Morgan County delegation
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industry during the latter half of the 19th century.
545:(of Knox) was named secretary. Richard D. Wheeler ( 845:Shortly after the convention adjourned, Brownlow's 1374:Byrd was a member of the Roane County delegation 812:of Knox, Montgomery Thornburgh of Jefferson, and 2273: 2265:(Ogden Brothers and Company, 1888), pp. 105-119. 2233:Marble Industry of East Tennessee, ca. 1838-1963 1114:(Hamilton), served as lower state court judges. 23:East Tennessee Convention Proceedings title page 1950:Oliver Perry Temple, Mary Boyce Temple (ed.), 2220:Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture 1551:Brownlow was a member of the Knox delegation 569:), S. P. Doss (Bledsoe), and J. Monroe Meek ( 511:, wrote a summons which was published in the 287: 2287:Southern Unionists in the American Civil War 2111: 2109: 2107: 1889:The Knoxville-Greeneville Convention of 1861 1806:Proceedings of the East Tennessee Convention 1106:(Washington) served as chief justice of the 1066:, who had been a member of the convention's 2191:(Jones, Purvis and Company, 1870), pp. 453. 2129: 2127: 2125: 965: 525:delivered the opening sermon. Congressman 2250:(H.C. Sherick and Company, 1887), pp. 6-7. 2247:The Loyalists of Tennessee in the Late War 1905: 1903: 1901: 1859:, Vol. 39, No. 1 (Spring 1980), pp. 27-48. 1662:Samuel C. Honeycutt (proxy) 1183:of Bledsoe, William J. Clift of Hamilton, 1137:The Loyalists of Tennessee in the Late War 1102:, both of Knox, served as federal judges, 1033:(Sevier), and Stephen Matthews (Blount). 473: 446:to counter rising secessionist sentiment. 410:to counter rising secessionist sentiment. 294: 280: 2104: 1883: 1881: 1879: 1877: 1875: 1873: 1871: 1869: 1867: 1865: 1800: 1798: 1796: 1794: 1792: 1790: 1172:, with over $ 100,000 in assets in 1860. 635:defended the convention's actions in the 2122: 1847: 1845: 1843: 1841: 1839: 1837: 1835: 1051: 945:'s men. John McGaughey, a delegate from 932:East Tennessee bridge-burning conspiracy 767: 613: 477: 18: 2231:Carroll Van West and Susan W. Knowles, 1898: 1895:(R. Clarke Company, 1899), pp. 340-365. 1833: 1831: 1829: 1827: 1825: 1823: 1821: 1819: 1817: 1815: 1529:Trigg served as the committee chairman 1162: 318:that met on three occasions during the 2274: 1862: 1787: 1776: 1774: 1772: 1770: 1768: 1009:the convention hopelessly deadlocked, 841:Civil War and second Knoxville session 695: 2222:, 2009. Retrieved: 16 December 2014. 2208: 1812: 573:) were named assistant secretaries. 541:) was chosen as vice president, and 2282:Tennessee in the American Civil War 2262:The Loyal Mountaineers of Tennessee 1954:(Cosmopolitan Press, 1912), p. 131. 1928:(Marshall and Bruce, 1890), p. 170. 1765: 13: 1207:List of Business Committee members 557:), John Williams, Jr. (Knox), and 14: 2323: 1023: 1020:, leaving the debate unresolved. 2095:The Case of Hon. Jno. M. Fleming 2030:East Tennessee and the Civil War 1939:East Tennessee and the Civil War 1893:East Tennessee and the Civil War 1149:East Tennessee and the Civil War 717: 702: 30: 2302:History of Knoxville, Tennessee 2253: 2238: 2225: 2194: 2180: 2167: 2154: 2140: 2087: 2074: 2061: 2048: 2035: 2022: 2008: 1991: 1974: 1141:Loyal Mountaineers of Tennessee 1057:Tennessee Historical Commission 599:delivered a three-hour speech. 2162:Tennessee: A Political History 1957: 1944: 1931: 1916: 1911:Tennessee: A Political History 1857:Tennessee Historical Quarterly 1157:Tennessee Historical Quarterly 949:, was executed by Confederate 1: 1758: 1454:and William C. Kyle (proxies) 493:Confederate States of America 366: 2003:Nashville Union and American 1179:(all of Greene), along with 911:), and William J. Clift (of 334:The convention first met in 7: 2292:Secession crisis of 1860–61 2117:Andrew Johnson: A Biography 1733: 958:and Sevier County delegate 533:) was chosen as president, 454:and (by a slight majority) 10: 2328: 1965:The Greeneville Convention 609: 435:Constitutional Union Party 428:Tennessee General Assembly 2101:, 14 February 1862, p. 2. 1612:Benjamin Tolliver Staples 972:Emancipation Proclamation 353:Emancipation Proclamation 314:delegates primarily from 308:East Tennessee Convention 2297:Greene County, Tennessee 2175:Notable Men of Tennessee 2082:Notable Men of Tennessee 2069:Notable Men of Tennessee 2056:Notable Men of Tennessee 2043:Notable Men of Tennessee 1952:Notable Men of Tennessee 1851:Charles F. Bryan, Jr., " 1369:Robert K. Byrd 1153:Notable Men of Tennessee 966:Second Knoxville session 895:), Joseph A. Cooper (of 2216:University of Tennessee 1122:University of Tennessee 1108:Tennessee Supreme Court 792:, William B. Carter of 474:First Knoxville session 2259:Thomas William Humes, 2115:Hans Louis Trefousse, 1887:Oliver Perry Temple, " 1060: 983:Knox County Courthouse 773: 627: 483: 24: 2019:, 28 June 1861, p. 2. 2005:, 12 July 1861, p. 3. 1982:Affairs of the Nation 1971:, 25 June 1861, p. 2. 1389:E. S. Langley (proxy) 1064:Dewitt Clinton Senter 1055: 907:), S. C. Langley (of 771: 639:. The pro-secession 617: 488:Battle of Fort Sumter 481: 381:internal improvements 22: 2151:(1890), pp. 227-228. 2099:The Athens (TN) Post 1163:Convention delegates 1118:Thomas William Humes 970:President Lincoln's 877:Felix K. Zollicoffer 549:), James C. Murphy ( 523:Thomas William Humes 233:District of Columbia 209:Territories and D.C. 2148:Tennessee Blue Book 1925:Tennessee Blue Book 1922:Charles A. Miller, 1745:Wheeling Convention 1546:William G. Brownlow 1540:William G. Brownlow 1452:William G. Brownlow 1212: 1084:William Crutchfield 1047:Radical Republicans 747:Oliver Perry Temple 696:Greeneville session 633:William G. Brownlow 604:freedom of assembly 505:Oliver Perry Temple 430:in the 1859 cycle. 310:was an assembly of 1986:The New York Times 1909:Phillip Langsdon, 1723:James W. Deaderick 1692:Robert L. Stanford 1504:Alexander E. Smith 1438:Daniel C. Trewhitt 1433:Daniel C. Trewhitt 1320:James P. T. Carter 1290:Richard M. Edwards 1285:Richard M. Edwards 1211: 1189:Richard M. Edwards 1177:David T. Patterson 1112:Daniel C. Trewhitt 1104:James W. Deaderick 1092:Roderick R. Butler 1076:David T. Patterson 1061: 999:Daniel C. Trewhitt 995:Frederick Heiskell 901:Richard M. Edwards 858:Knoxville Register 852:The New York Times 774: 753:, a member of the 642:Knoxville Register 628: 588:, a member of the 484: 49:American Civil War 25: 16:Political assembly 2307:1861 in Tennessee 2133:Robert McKenzie, 2016:Nashville Patriot 1740:State of Franklin 1731: 1730: 1645:William B. Staley 1615:Jesse Stonecipher 1567:George W. Bridges 1562:George W. Bridges 1488:William McFarland 1420:James P. McDowell 1417:James P. McDowell 1323:William B. Carter 1272:William T. Dowell 1269:William T. Dowell 1185:George W. Bridges 1088:William McFarland 1035:Samuel R. Rodgers 976:Emerson Etheridge 960:Robert H. Hodsden 882:George W. Bridges 866:Nashville Patriot 822:seriatim una voce 531:Washington County 312:Southern Unionist 304: 303: 2319: 2312:1861 conferences 2266: 2257: 2251: 2242: 2236: 2229: 2223: 2212: 2206: 2198: 2192: 2184: 2178: 2171: 2165: 2158: 2152: 2144: 2138: 2131: 2120: 2113: 2102: 2091: 2085: 2078: 2072: 2065: 2059: 2052: 2046: 2039: 2033: 2026: 2020: 2012: 2006: 1999:The People Right 1995: 1989: 1978: 1972: 1961: 1955: 1948: 1942: 1935: 1929: 1920: 1914: 1907: 1896: 1885: 1860: 1849: 1810: 1802: 1785: 1778: 1689:William Mullenix 1630:William M. Biggs 1599:William Heiskell 1307:Joseph A. Cooper 1213: 1210: 1197:Thomas D. Arnold 1126:Tennessee marble 1080:Leonidas C. Houk 1039:William Heiskell 1003:George McClellan 987:ten percent plan 830:Louisiana Tigers 814:Joseph A. Cooper 802:Leonidas C. Houk 800:of Bledsoe, and 727:(vice president) 721: 706: 586:Thomas D. Arnold 559:William Heiskell 419:Middle Tennessee 408:Opposition Party 400:Republican Party 392:Democratic Party 373:Middle Tennessee 357:ten percent plan 296: 289: 282: 243:Indian Territory 177:Dual governments 34: 27: 26: 2327: 2326: 2322: 2321: 2320: 2318: 2317: 2316: 2272: 2271: 2270: 2269: 2258: 2254: 2243: 2239: 2230: 2226: 2213: 2209: 2199: 2195: 2185: 2181: 2172: 2168: 2159: 2155: 2145: 2141: 2132: 2123: 2114: 2105: 2092: 2088: 2079: 2075: 2066: 2062: 2053: 2049: 2040: 2036: 2027: 2023: 2013: 2009: 1996: 1992: 1979: 1975: 1969:Tri-Weekly Whig 1962: 1958: 1949: 1945: 1936: 1932: 1921: 1917: 1908: 1899: 1886: 1863: 1850: 1813: 1803: 1788: 1779: 1766: 1761: 1751:in the city of 1736: 1719:Samuel T. Logan 1595:Daniel Heiskell 1474:John Netherland 1470:William C. Kyle 1256:James G. Spears 1209: 1193:T. A .R. Nelson 1187:of McMinn, and 1181:James G. Spears 1165: 1094:(Johnson), and 1068:Grainger County 1026: 968: 956:John M. Fleming 843: 798:James G. Spears 751:John Netherland 739:Fentress County 728: 725:James G. Spears 722: 713: 710:T. A. R. Nelson 707: 698: 672:(99% against), 612: 543:John M. Fleming 535:James G. Spears 527:T. A. R. Nelson 476: 443:Abraham Lincoln 415:Isham G. Harris 369: 344:T. A. R. Nelson 342:. 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