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John Hugh Smith
John Hugh Smith (1819–1870) was an American Whig politician. He served as the Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee three times, from 1845 to 1846, from 1850 to 1853, and from 1862 to 1865. Early life Smith was born in 1819 in Nashville. His father was John H. Smith and his mother, Maria (Combs) Smith. Career Smith served as Mayor of Nashville from 1845 to 1846, from 1850 to 1853, and from 1862 to 1865.William Henry McRaven, ''Nashville: Athens of the South'', Tennessee Book Company, 1949 p. 27/ref> In 1862, he had been appointed by List of Governors of Tennessee, Tennessee Governor (and future President) Andrew Johnson to replace Richard Boone Cheatham, who was arrested. After his retirement in 1865, Smith shot at a policeman called Brown in Nashville. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whig Party (United States)
The Whig Party was a political party in the United States during the middle of the 19th century. Alongside the slightly larger Democratic Party, it was one of the two major parties in the United States between the late 1830s and the early 1850s as part of the Second Party System. Four presidents were affiliated with the Whig Party for at least part of their terms. Other prominent members of the Whig Party include Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, Rufus Choate, William Seward, John J. Crittenden, and John Quincy Adams. The Whig base of support was centered among entrepreneurs, professionals, planters, social reformers, devout Protestants, and the emerging urban middle class. It had much less backing from poor farmers and unskilled workers. The party was critical of Manifest Destiny, territorial expansion into Texas and the Southwest, and the Mexican-American War. It disliked strong presidential power as exhibited by Jackson and Polk, and preferred Congressional dominance in lawma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Sir John Alexander Macdonald (January 10 or 11, 1815 – June 6, 1891) was the first prime minister of Canada, serving from 1867 to 1873 and from 1878 to 1891. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, he had a political career that spanned almost half a century. Macdonald was born in Scotland; when he was a boy his family immigrated to Kingston in the Province of Upper Canada (today in eastern Ontario). As a lawyer, he was involved in several high-profile cases and quickly became prominent in Kingston, which elected him in 1844 to the legislature of the Province of Canada. By 1857, he had become premier under the colony's unstable political system. In 1864, when no party proved capable of governing for long, Macdonald agreed to a proposal from his political rival, George Brown, that the parties unite in a Great Coalition to seek federation and political reform. Macdonald was the leading figure in the subsequent discussions and conferences, which resulted in the Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th-century American Politicians
The 19th (nineteenth) century began on 1 January 1801 (Roman numerals, MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 (Roman numerals, MCM). The 19th century was the ninth century of the 2nd millennium. The 19th century was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was abolitionism, abolished in much of Europe and the Americas. The Industrial Revolution, First Industrial Revolution, though it began in the late 18th century, expanding beyond its British homeland for the first time during this century, particularly remaking the economies and societies of the Low Countries, the Rhineland, Northern Italy, and the Northeastern United States. A few decades later, the Second Industrial Revolution led to ever more massive urbanization and much higher levels of productivity, profit, and prosperity, a pattern that continued into the 20th century. The Gunpowder empires, Islamic gunpowder empires fell into decline and European imperialism brought much of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and almost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennessee Whigs
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 36th-largest by area and the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 15th-most populous of the List of U.S. states, 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina to the east, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to the south, Arkansas to the southwest, and Missouri to the northwest. Tennessee is geographically, culturally, and legally divided into three Grand Divisions of Tennessee, Grand Divisions of East Tennessee, East, Middle Tennessee, Middle, and West Tennessee. Nashville, Tennessee, Nashville is the state's capital and largest city, and anchors its largest metropolitan area. Other major cities include Memphis, Tennessee, Memphis, Knoxville, Tennessee, Knoxville, Chattanoog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1870 Deaths
Year 187 ( CLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Quintius and Aelianus (or, less frequently, year 940 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 187 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Septimius Severus marries Julia Domna (age 17), a Syrian princess, at Lugdunum (modern-day Lyon). She is the youngest daughter of high-priest Julius Bassianus – a descendant of the Royal House of Emesa. Her elder sister is Julia Maesa. * Clodius Albinus defeats the Chatti, a highly organized German tribe that controlled the area that includes the Black Forest. By topic Religion * Olympianus succeeds Pertinax as bishop of Byzantium (until 198). Births * Cao Pi, Chinese emperor of the Cao Wei state (d. 226) * G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1819 Births
Events January–March * January 2 – The Panic of 1819, the first major peacetime financial crisis in the United States, begins. * January 25 – Thomas Jefferson founds the University of Virginia. * January 29 – Sir Stamford Raffles lands on the island of Singapore. * February 2 – ''Dartmouth College v. Woodward'': The Supreme Court of the United States under John Marshall rules in favor of Dartmouth College, allowing Dartmouth to keep its charter and remain a private institution. * February 6 – A formal treaty, between Hussein Shah of Johor and the British Sir Stamford Raffles, establishes a trading settlement in Singapore. * February 15 – The United States House of Representatives agrees to the Tallmadge Amendment, barring slaves from the new state of Missouri (the opening vote in a controversy that leads to the Missouri Compromise). * February 19 – Captain William Smith of British merchant brig ''Williams'' sights Williams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Matt Brown
William Matt Brown (1815–1885) was an American Whig Party (United States), Whig politician. He served as the Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee from 1865 to 1867. Biography Early life He was born on September 15, 1815 in Franklin County, Kentucky. Career He served as Mayor of Nashville from 1865 to 1867. He believed the 1867 election was fraudulent, and was forced from the courthouse by armed federal soldiers, declaring "I want it understood, gentlemen, that I yield to the bayonet and that alone." Personal life He married Mary Jane Morton in 1844. They had eight children, four of whom died infancy. Their four surviving children were William Matt, Jr., Mrs. Carrie Rather, Mary Ellis Brown and Jeannie Brown. He died on September 12, 1885 at his house on South Summer Street in Nashville. References 1815 births 1885 deaths People from Franklin County, Kentucky Mayors of Nashville, Tennessee Tennessee Whigs 19th-century American politicians {{Tennessee-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Williamson Hartley Horn
Williamson Hartley Horn (1799-1870) was an American Masonic leader and Whig politician. He served as the Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee from 1853 to 1854. Early life Horn was born in Lynchburg, Virginia on July 15, 1799. His father was Frederick Horn and his mother, Clarisa (Hartley) Horn. They moved to Nashville in 1809. Career Horn owned W. H. Horn and Son, a painting store at 15 South College Street, currently Third Avenue in Nashville. Horn was elected to the Nashville Board of Aldermen from 1845 to 1846, in 1852, 1856, 1859, and in 1860. He served as Mayor of Nashville from 1853 to 1854. During his mayoral term, he introduced a bill that established free public schools in Nashville. Horn was a freemason. In 1826, he became a Master Mason in the Cumberland Lodge. He was also a Knight Templar, a Knight of Malta, and Grand Treasurer of the Grand Chapter, Council and Commandery. Personal life and death Horn married Nancy Carpenter in 1817. They had four sons, Ed. H., Richard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McCormick Lea
John McCormick Lea (1818–1903) was an American Whig politician. He served as the Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee from 1849 to 1850. Early life Lea was born in Knoxville, Tennessee on December 25, 1818. He graduated from the University of Nashville. His father was Luke Lea (1783–1851), a United States Representative from Tennessee, and his mother, Susan Wells McCormick. Career Lea was a lawyer and a circuit judge. He served as vice-president of First American National Bank. He served as President of the Board of Trustees of the University of Nashville. From 1842 to 1845, he served as Assistant U.S. District Attorney. From 1849 to 1850, he served as Mayor of Nashville. He was part of the commission to surrender Nashville to the Union Army in February 1862. From 1888 to 1903, he served as President of the Tennessee Historical Society. Personal life and death Lea married Elizabeth Overton in 1843. They had three sons, Overton, Robert B. and Luke Lea. He attended the First P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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The Powhatan people (; also spelled Powatan) may refer to any of the indigenous Algonquian people that are traditionally from eastern Virginia. All of the Powhatan groups descend from the Powhatan Confederacy. In some instances, The Powhatan may refer to one of the leaders of the people. This is most commonly the case in historical records from English colonial accounts.Waugaman, Sandra F. and Danielle Moretti-Langholtz, Ph.D. ''We're Still Here: Contemporary Virginia Indians Tell Their Stories''. Richmond: Palari Publishing, 2006 (revised edition). The Powhatans have also been known as Virginia Algonquians, as the Powhatan language is an eastern- Algonquian language, also known as Virginia Algonquian. It is estimated that there were about 14,000–21,000 Powhatan people in eastern Virginia, when English colonists established Jamestown in 1607. In the late 16th and early 17th centuries, a ''mamanatowick'' (paramount chief) named Wahunsenacawh created an organization by affi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Mayors Of Nashville, Tennessee
The Mayoralty in the United States, Mayor of Nashville is the chief executive of Nashville, Tennessee, Nashville Tennessee's government. The current mayor is John Cooper (Tennessee politician), John Cooper, a member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic party. Each mayor serves a term of four years, with a limit of two terms, unless this is interrupted by a legal mechanism, such as a recall election. Mayors of the City of Nashville The following is a list of the mayors of Nashville, Tennessee, Nashville before it had a consolidated metropolitan government: Pre-Civil War Civil War and Reconstruction Post-Reconstruction Mayors of Metropolitan Nashville The following is a list of the mayors of Nashville after the consolidation of the municipal government with the government of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County: See also * Timeline of Nashville, Tennessee Bibliography * {{Mayors of Nashville Lists of mayors of places in Tennessee, Nashville, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Olivet Cemetery (Nashville)
Mount Olivet Cemetery is a cemetery located in Nashville, Tennessee. It is located approximately two miles East of downtown Nashville, and adjacent to the Catholic Calvary Cemetery. It is open to the public during daylight hours. History Antebellum era The Mount Olivet Cemetery was established by Adrian Van Sinderen Lindsley and John Buddeke in 1856. It was modelled after the Mount Auburn Cemetery. In the 1870s, a chapel designed in the Gothic Revival architectural style by Hugh Cathcart Thompson was built as an office. The Southern aristocracy was buried in a separate section from common folks. These included planters as well as former governors of Tennessee, U.S. Senators, and U.S. Congressional Representatives. In the antebellum era, slaves were often buried near their owners. Visitors to Nashville were buried alongside paupers. Confederate circle After the American Civil War, "the Ladies Memorial Society of Nashville with surviving Confederate veterans such as William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
