William G. Brownlow

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater none (self-educated)
gptkbp:birthDate 1805-08-29
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Wythe_County,_Virginia,_United_States
gptkbp:causeOfDeath stroke
gptkbp:children gptkb:James_Patton_Brownlow
gptkb:John_Bell_Brownlow
gptkbp:deathDate 1877-04-29
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Knoxville,_Tennessee,_United_States
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:William_Gannaway_Brownlow
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William G. Brownlow
gptkbp:knownFor Unionist stance during the American Civil War
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Parson_Brownlow
gptkbp:notableEvent Imprisoned by Confederates during the Civil War
Led Tennessee during Reconstruction
Survived assassination attempts
Advocated for African American suffrage in Tennessee
gptkbp:notableWork editor of the Knoxville Whig
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:priest
gptkb:publisher
politician
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkb:Whig_Party
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:state_order
United States Senator from Tennessee
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Andrew_Johnson_(Governor_of_Tennessee)
David T. Patterson (U.S. Senator)
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Methodism
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Old_Gray_Cemetery,_Knoxville,_Tennessee
gptkbp:signature William G Brownlow signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Eliza_O'Brien
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Henry_Cooper_(U.S._Senator)
Dewitt Clinton Senter (Governor of Tennessee)
gptkbp:termEnd Governor of Tennessee, 1869
U.S. Senator, 1875
gptkbp:termStart Governor of Tennessee, 1865
U.S. Senator, 1869
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:Americanism_Contrasted_with_Foreignism,_Romanism,_and_Bogus_Democracy
gptkb:Parson_Brownlow's_Book:_Containing_the_Rise,_Progress_and_Decline_of_Secession
gptkb:Sketches_of_the_Rise,_Progress,_and_Decline_of_Secession
gptkb:The_Great_Iron_Wheel
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Scalawags
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5