John Netherland
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John Netherland was an American attorney and politician, active primarily in mid-19th century Tennessee. A leader of the state's Whigs, he served in both the Tennessee Senate and Tennessee House of Re
Portrait of Netherland by Samuel Shaver (1846)
Isham G. Harris
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Isham Green Harris was an American and Confederate 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
John Netherland
…Party, which supported slavery but rejected secession. In 1859, this party nominated Netherland to run for governor against the pro-secession incumbent, Isham G. Harris. During the summer of 1859, Harris and Netherland engaged in a series of debates at campaign stops across the state. In spite of the growing sectional…
Photograph of Harris by Mathew Brady, c. 1865-1880
Portrait of Harris by Washington B. Cooper
Harris, photographed as a member of General Albert Sidney Johnston's staff during the Civil War
Caricature of Harris that appeared in Puck magazine in 1886