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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), State of Tennessee, (search)
ors to Congress. The Fourteenth Amendment to the national Constitution having been ratified by the State in 1866, it was soon afterwards admitted to representation in Congress. The constitution of the State was revised early in 1870. Population in 1890, 1,767,518; in 1900, 2,020,616. See United States, Tennessee, in this volume. Territorial Governor. William Blount, appointed governor of the territory southwest of the OhioAug. 7, 1790 State governors. John SevierAssumes officeMarch 30, 1796 Archibald RoaneAssumes officeSept., 1801 John SevierAssumes officeSept., 1803 William BlountAssumes officeSept., 1809 Joseph McMinnAssumes officeSept., 1815 William CarrollAssumes officeSept., 1821 Samuel HoustonAssumes officeSept., 1827 William CarrollAssumes officeSept., 1829 Newton CannonAssumes officeOct., 1835 James K. PolkAssumes officeOct., 1839 James C. JonesAssumes officeOct., 1841 Aaron V. BrownAssumes officeOct., 1845 Neil S. BrownAssumes officeOct., 1847 William
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Tennessee, (search)
d out......February, 1792 Attack of 700 Indians on Buchanan's Station, 4 miles south of Nashville, repulsed by a garrison of fifteen......Sept. 30, 1792 General Assembly meets at Knoxville......Aug. 5, 1794 University of Tennessee at Knoxville, chartered Sept. 10, 1794, as Blount College, is opened......1795 State constitution adopted without popular vote by a convention which sits at Knoxville......Jan. 11–Feb. 6, 1796 John Sevier inaugurated first governor of State......March 30, 1796 Tennessee admitted into the Union by act approved......June 1, 1796 William Blount, of Tennessee, expelled from the United States Senate on charge of instigating the Creeks and Cherokees to assist the British in conquering Spanish Louisiana......July, 1797 Treaty with Cherokees extinguishing claims to land granted to individuals by North Carolina......September, 1798 Great revival of religion, begun in Kentucky in 1800, spreads through Tennessee......1801 Nashville chosen