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05 Nov 2018

Aaron Venable Brown

AARON VENABLE BROWN was born in Brunswick County, Virginia. After attending the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, he read law in Nashville and was admitted to the Bar in…

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05 Nov 2018

Neill Smith Brown

NEILL SMITH BROWN was born in Giles County, Tennessee. Largely self-educated, he attended the manual labor academy in Maury County, taught school for several years, and studied law. He was…

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05 Nov 2018

William Trousdale

WILLIAM TROUSDALE was born in Orange County, North Carolina, and moved with his family to Tennessee at the age of six. He attended common schools, was privately tutored, and studied…

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05 Nov 2018

William Bowen Campbell

WILLIAM BOWEN CAMPBELL was born in Sumner County, Tennessee. He studied law with Governor David Campbell of Virginia and was admitted to the Bar in 1830, after which he began…

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04 Nov 2018

Andrew Johnson

Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, ANDREW JOHNSON never attended school and was eventually taught to read and write by James J. Selby, a tailor, for whom Johnson apprenticed. He moved…

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04 Nov 2018

Isham Green Harris

Born in Franklin County, Tennessee, ISHAM GREEN HARRIS moved to Paris, Tennessee at the age of fourteen, becoming a clerk in a mercantile establishment. He later studied law and was…

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04 Nov 2018

Robert Looney Caruthers

ROBERT LOONEY CARUTHERS was born in Smith County. Educated at Washington College, he studied law and served as circuit attorney general from 1827 to 1832. He was elected to the…

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04 Nov 2018

Edward Hazzard East

EDWARD HAZZARD EAST was a graduate of Lebanon Law School, which became Cumberland School of Law. A respected jurist and orator, he argued a number of cases before the U.S.…

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04 Nov 2018

William Gannaway Brownlow

Born in Wythe County, Virginia, WILLIAM GANNAWAY BROWNLOW moved to East Tennessee, where he was orphaned at the age of eleven. He worked on his uncle's farm in Virginia for…

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04 Nov 2018

DeWitt Clinton Senter

DE WITT CLINTON SENTER was born in McMinn County, Tennessee, and lived for much of his youth on a farm in Grainger County. After attending the Academy at Strawberry Plains,…

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04 Nov 2018

John Calvin Brown

JOHN CALVIN BROWN was born in Giles County, Tennessee and attended school-including Jackson College-in Columbia. He read law in the office of his brother and began a law practice in…

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04 Nov 2018

James Davis Porter

JAMES DAVIS PORTER was born in Paris, Tennessee and received a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Nashville in 1846. He went on to study law under his…

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