William Carroll was an American politician who served as the fifth governor of Tennessee twice, from 1821 to 1827 and again from 1829 to 1835. He held the office longer than any other person with 12 y
Portrait by Washington Bogart Cooper, c. 1843
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Newton Cannon was an American politician who served as the eighth governor of Tennessee from 1835 to 1839. He also served several terms in the United States House of Representatives, from 1814 to 1817
William Carroll (Tennessee politician)
…consecutive term. He was doomed by rising Whig sentiment in the state, however, and lost the gubernatorial electionlost the gubernatorial election to Newton Cannon by a vote of 41,970 to 31,205. He persistently campaigned for one of the state's U. S. Senate seats in subsequent years, but was never successful…
Posthumous Portrait by Washington B. Cooper, c. 1845