|
gptkbp:instanceOf
|
gptkb:human
|
|
gptkbp:almaMater
|
Erskine College (did not graduate)
|
|
gptkbp:birthDate
|
1847-08-11
|
|
gptkbp:birthPlace
|
gptkb:Edgefield_County,_South_Carolina
|
|
gptkbp:causeOfDeath
|
cerebral hemorrhage
|
|
gptkbp:children
|
gptkb:Benjamin_Tillman_Jr.
gptkb:Sallie_Tillman
gptkb:Henry_C._Tillman
gptkb:Sophie_Tillman
|
|
gptkbp:deathDate
|
1918-07-03
|
|
gptkbp:deathPlace
|
gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
|
|
gptkbp:governorTermStart
|
1890
|
|
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
|
Benjamin Ryan Tillman
|
|
gptkbp:knownFor
|
founding Clemson University
disenfranchisement of Black voters in South Carolina
violent rhetoric
|
|
gptkbp:nationality
|
gptkb:United_States
|
|
gptkbp:nickname
|
gptkb:Pitchfork_Ben
|
|
gptkbp:notableFor
|
advocacy of Jim Crow laws
white supremacist views
agricultural reform
|
|
gptkbp:occupation
|
gptkb:farmer
politician
|
|
gptkbp:party
|
gptkb:Democratic_Party
|
|
gptkbp:positionHeld
|
gptkb:United_States_Senator
gptkb:Governor_of_South_Carolina
|
|
gptkbp:predecessor_(Governor_of_South_Carolina)
|
gptkb:John_Peter_Richardson_III
|
|
gptkbp:predecessor_(U.S._Senator_from_South_Carolina)
|
gptkb:Matthew_C._Butler
|
|
gptkbp:religion
|
gptkb:Baptist
|
|
gptkbp:restingPlace
|
gptkb:Ebenezer_Baptist_Church_Cemetery,_Trenton,_South_Carolina
|
|
gptkbp:signature
|
Benjamin Tillman signature.svg
|
|
gptkbp:spouse
|
gptkb:Lucy_Dugas_Tillman
|
|
gptkbp:successor_(Governor_of_South_Carolina)
|
gptkb:John_Gary_Evans
|
|
gptkbp:successor_(U.S._Senator_from_South_Carolina)
|
gptkb:William_P._Pollock
|
|
gptkbp:termEnd
|
1918
|
|
gptkbp:termEnd_(Governor_of_South_Carolina)
|
1894
|
|
gptkbp:termStart
|
1895
|
|
gptkbp:bfsParent
|
gptkb:Willowbrook_Cemetery,_Edgefield,_South_Carolina
|
|
gptkbp:bfsLayer
|
6
|