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William Gannaway "Parson" Brownlow (August 29, 1805 – April 29, 1877) was an American newspaper publisher, Methodist minister, book author, prisoner of war, lecturer, and politician who served as the 17th governor of Tennessee from 1865 to 1869 and as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1869 to 1875.
William Gannaway "Parson" Brownlow (29 de agosto de 1805 – 29 de abril de 1877) foi editor de jornal e político americanno. O 17º governador do Tennessee com mandato de 1865 até 1869, foi também Senador dos Estados Unidos pelo estado do Tennessee com mandato de 1869 até 1875.
8 de out. de 2017 · He was a major southern advocate for the Sons of Temperance and a prominent apologist for slavery. Brownlow also promoted commercial interests in East Tennessee. Most significantly, the Parson stood in the front ranks of southerners who rejected secession and the Confederacy.
26 de out. de 2018 · The controversial politician William Gannaway Brownlow shepherded Tennessee’s re-admission to the Union. It was the first state of the Confederacy to do so.
25 de abr. de 2024 · William G. Brownlow (born Aug. 29, 1805, Wythe county, Va., U.S.—died April 29, 1877, Knoxville, Tenn.) was the editor of the last pro-Union newspaper in the antebellum South of the United States who served as governor of Tennessee during the early years of Reconstruction.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
18 de mai. de 2018 · The American preacher William Gannaway Brownlow (1805-1877) became the voice of strongly pro-Union East Tennessee before and during the Civil War through his speeches, writings, and news papers. He was known as "the fighting parson."
William Gannaway Brownlow was born on August 29th, 1805 to poor farmers in the mountains of Southern Appalachia. Orphaned at 11, he bounced around family members learning different trades until finally in 1825 he found his calling at a Methodist camp meeting.
