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They were David T. Porter (1879-1881), John Overton (1881-1883), David P. Hadden (1883-1891), William D. Bethell (1891-1893) and Walter L. Clapp (1893-1895) who then became mayor. See the article History of Memphis, Tennessee for more information. As a result of a yellow fever epidemic in 1879, Memphis lost so much of its population that it was ...
The governor of Tennessee is the head of government of the U.S. state of Tennessee . Tennessee has had 50 governors, including the incumbent, Bill Lee. [1] Seven governors ( John Sevier, William Carroll, Andrew Johnson, Robert Love Taylor, Gordon Browning, Frank G. Clement, and Buford Ellington) have served non-consecutive terms.
Tennessee was, despite unclear predictions before the election, comfortably won by Nixon and United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., with 52.92 percent of the popular vote. Kennedy and running mate Texas Senator Lyndon B. Johnson won 45.77 percent of the popular vote.
1,212. History. Opened. 1885. Closed. 2000. Saint Joseph Hospital was a Catholic operated hospital located at 220 Overton Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee. It is most well known for being the hospital where Martin Luther King Jr. died at 7:05 p.m. on Thursday, April 4, 1968, an hour after he was shot at Lorraine Motel. [1]
Samuel Watkins Overton Jr. (June 5, 1894 – December 2, 1958) was an American politician and the longest-serving mayor in the history of Memphis, Tennessee. Early life [ edit ] Samuel Watkins Overton Jr. was born in Memphis on June 5, 1894 to Samuel Watkins Overton Sr. and Mary Hill Overton.
John Sevier (September 23, 1745 – September 24, 1815) was an American soldier, frontiersman, and politician, and one of the founding fathers of the State of Tennessee.A member of the Democratic-Republican Party, he played a leading role in Tennessee's pre-statehood period, both militarily and politically, and he was elected the state's first governor in 1796.
John Overton (April 9, 1766 – April 12, 1833) was an American planter, and a friend/advisor of Andrew Jackson, a judge at the Tennessee Supreme Court, a banker and political leader. Early life and education [ edit ]
69000179 [1] Added to NRHP. December 30, 1969. Travellers Rest, also known as Golgotha, [2] is a former plantation and historic plantation house, located in Nashville, Tennessee. The first owner of the site was John Overton in 1796, who built the first family home in 1799. [2] For many years this plantation was worked and maintained by enslaved ...