Benjamin Ryan Tillman Jr.

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Benjamin_Ryan_Tillman_Jr.
GPTKB entity
Statements (34)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Erskine_College
gptkbp:birthDate 1847-08-11
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Edgefield_County,_South_Carolina
gptkbp:causeOfDeath heart attack
gptkbp:child gptkb:Henry_C._Tillman
gptkb:Sallie_May_Tillman
gptkb:Addie_Tillman
gptkb:Benjamin_Tillman_III
gptkb:Lucy_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 Jr.
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:South_Carolina_Constitution_of_1895
gptkbp:knownFor Tillman Hall at Clemson University (named after him)
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Pitchfork_Ben
gptkbp:notableFor white supremacist views
advocacy of disenfranchisement of African Americans
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:farmer
politician
gptkbp:party gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:United_States_Senator
gptkb:Governor_of_South_Carolina
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Baptist
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Ebenezer_Baptist_Church_Cemetery,_Trenton,_South_Carolina
gptkbp:signature Benjamin Tillman signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Sallie_Starke
gptkbp:termEnd 1918
gptkbp:termEnd_(Governor_of_South_Carolina) 1894
gptkbp:termStart 1895
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Benjamin_Tillman
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6