1867 Tennessee gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1867 Tennessee gubernatorial election Tennessee presidential no 1865 Tennessee gubernatorial election 1865 1869 Tennessee gubernatorial election 1869 August 1, 1867 x150px File:William Gannaway Brownlow-cropped.jpg Parson Brownlow Republican Party (United States) 74,484 76.85% File:Emerson Etheridge crop.png Emerson Etheridge Conservative Party (United States) 22,440 23.15% 1867 Tennessee gubernatorial election results map by county.svg County resultsBrownlow: #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90% #A80000 >90%Etheridge: #FFB380 50–60% #FF9955 60–70% #fb8537ff 70–80% #f66614ff 80–90% #e5570bff >90% #808080 No data Governor Parson Brownlow Republican Party (United States) Parson Brownlow Republican Party (United States) The 1867 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held on August 1, 1867, to elect the governor of Tennessee. Incumbent Republican governor Parson Brownlow defeated Conservative nominee Emerson Etheridge with 76.85% of the vote. Background Tennessee was brought back into the United States in 1866, without having gone through Congressional Reconstruction. Governor Parson Brownlow, a Radical Republican, oversaw the passage of legislation that required loyalty oaths in order to vote. Legislation giving suffrage to black people was passed on February 26, 1867.Abbott 1986 105Parker 1974 34-35 Campaign The Tennessee Republican Party held its convention on February 22, 1867, and gave its gubernatorial nomination to Brownlow by acclamation.Herbert 1890 193 Twenty-four members of the state legislature who opposed Brownlow called the Conservative Union State Convention.Herbert 1890 193 The Conservative Party voted unanimously to give its gubernatorial nomination to former Whig congressman Emerson Etheridge, who was nominated by Edmund Cooper, on April 16, 1867. The convention was attended by John Baxter, Elias Polk, William B. Campbell, Dorsey B. Thomas, and others.April 17, 1867 Conservative Convention At Nashville 2 Public Ledger https://www.newspapers.com/article/public-ledger/131094817/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20230902185622/https://www.newspapers.com/article/public-ledger/131094817/ September 2, 2023 Newspapers.comApril 17, 1867 The Convention 1 The Tennessean https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tennessean/131095703/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20230902190927/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tennessean/131095703/ September 2, 2023 Newspapers.com Etheridge accepted the nomination on April 19.April 25, 1867 The Convention 2 Nashville Union and American https://www.newspapers.com/article/nashville-union-and-american/131096303/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20230902191939/https://www.newspapers.com/article/nashville-union-and-american/131096303/ September 2, 2023 Newspapers.comTemple 1912 334 Brownlow stated that Tennessee was "the only stronghold Republicanism has in the South". The Union League campaigned in the state for Republicans and courted the black vote. The Freedmen's Bureau offered financial assistance to black people whose employment was targeted by Conservatives for registering to vote and supporting Republicans. Brownlow increased the size of the militia to protect black people from intimidation.Abbott 1986 105-106 Brownlow was unable to campaign as he lost his voice and instead had other Republicans, including Secretary of State Andrew J. Fletcher, campaign for him.Temple 1912 125 General election Brownlow won the election. The Republicans also won every seat in the concurrent U.S. House of Representatives election and almost every seat in the state legislature.Abbott 1986 106 Brownlow left office in 1869, after being appointed to the United States Senate, and was replaced by Dewitt Clinton Senter.Parker 1974 35-36Moore Preimesberger 1994 707 1867 Tennessee gubernatorial electionMoore Preimesberger 1994 707 Republican Party (United States) Parson Brownlow (incumbent) 74,484 76.85% Conservative Party (United States) Emerson Etheridge 22,440 23.15% 96,924 100.00% Endorsements Emerson Etheridge 60em Federal officials Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson, member of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee's 1st congressional district (1859-1861)Temple 1912 334 State legislators John Baxter, Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives (1852-1854)Temple 1912 334 John M. Fleming, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1861-1862; 1869-1871)Temple 1912 334 John Netherland, member of the Tennessee Senate (1833-1835) and Tennessee House of Representatives (1835-1836; 1851-1853)Temple 1912 334 References Further reading Abbott Richard The Republican Party and the South, 1855-1877: The First Southern Strategy University of North Carolina Press 1986 https://archive.org/details/republicanparty00abbo 0807816809 Herbert Hilary Hilary A. Herbert Why The Solid South? or, Reconstruction And Its Results R.H. Woodward & Company 1890 https://archive.org/details/whysolidsouth00herb Moore John Preimesberger Jon Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections Congressional Quarterly 1994 3 0871879964 https://archive.org/details/congressionalqua0000unse_p4j9 Parker James Tennessee Gubernatorial Elections, I. 1869--The Victory of the Conservatives Tennessee Historical Quarterly Tennessee Historical Society 1974 33 1 34–48 10.2307/42623426 42623426 https://www.jstor.org/stable/42623426 Temple Oliver Oliver Perry Temple Notable Men of Tennessee From 1833 to 1875: Their Times and Their Contemporaries Cosmopolitan Press 1912 https://archive.org/details/notablemenoftenn00temp Category:Tennessee gubernatorial elections Tennessee Gubernatorial Category:August 1867 in the United States collapsed