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Isham Green Harris (February 10, 1818 – July 8, 1897) was an American politician who served as the 16th governor of Tennessee from 1857 to 1862, and as a U.S. senator from 1877 until his death. He was the state's first governor from West Tennessee.
8 de oct. de 2017 · Harris emerged as the leader of Tennessee's conservative Bourbon Democrats, who championed the rights of the individual states and the existing social order, especially white supremacy. As he built up seniority, Harris became an influential member of the upper chamber during Gilded Age America.
A Democrat, Harris served in the Senate, 27th Tennessee General Assembly, 1847-49, representing Henry, Obion, and Weakley counties. While still at Paris, in addition to term in the General Assembly, he was a presidential elector in 1848, on the Democratic ticket of Lewis Cass and William O. Butler.
Isham G. Harris. Affiliation: Confederacy Rank: Governor, Senator. Governor and U.S. Senator Isham G. Harris was born near Tullahoma, Franklin County, on February 10, 1818. Harris’s early business ventures included running several merchandise stores, but in 1841 he obtained admission to the Tennessee bar and quickly acquired a reputation for ...
In Isham G. Harris of Tennessee, Sam Davis Elliott offers the first published biography of this overlooked leader, establishing him as the most prominent Tennessean in the Confederacy and a...
Harris as a fledgling state senator lost no time in making a place for himself in the political spotlight of Tennessee. Only a few days after the convening of the General Assembly he introduced a resolution which gave a foretaste of the deep convictions concerning Southern rights, slavery and kindred topics which were to charac-
Isham Green Harris was an American politician who served as the 16th governor of Tennessee from 1857 to 1862, and as a U.S. senator from 1877 until his death. He was the state's first governor from West Tennessee.
