James D. Porter
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James Davis Porter was an American attorney, politician, educator, and officer of the Confederate Army. He served as the 20th governor of Tennessee from 1875 to 1879. He was subsequently appointed as
Portrait by George Dury, c. 1877
Porter, photographed later in life
Confederate Memorial Hall on the Vanderbilt University campus.
John C. Brown
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John Calvin Brown was a Confederate Army officer and an American politician and businessman. Although he originally opposed secession, Brown fought for the Confederacy during the American Civil War, e
James D. Porter
…Dorsey B. Thomas and Republican William F. Yardley, the latter being the state's first African-American candidate for governor. Like his predecessor, John C. Brown, Porter spent much of his gubernatorial tenure managing the state's out-of-control debt. After the state defaulted on its bonded debt in 1875, Porter…
Brown in uniform, c. 1862
Governor Brown's home in Pulaski (present-day Grissom Colonial Hall)
Portrait of Brown as governor