WILLIAM GANNAWAY BROWNLOW ("PARSON BROWNLOW".)
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An American politician, journalist, and author; born in Wythe County, Va., Aug. 29, 1805; died in Knoxville, Tenn., April 29, 1877. During his early career he was an itinerant preacher, editor, and lecturer. He was a Union champion during the Civil War, and banished from the Confederate lines on that ground. In 1865 he was elected governor of Tennessee, and was re-elected in 1867. He was U. S. Senator from 1869 to 1875. Among his works are: "The Great Iron Wheel Examined" (1858); "Sketches of the Rise, Progress, and Decline of Secession" (1862).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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