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Isham Green Harris (February 10, 1818 – July 8, 1897) 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 governor from West Tennessee.
8 de oct. de 2017 · Isham Green Harris was a governor and U.S. senator from Tennessee who advocated secession, Confederate independence, and low tariffs. He served in the Confederate army, the Senate, and the Democratic Silver Committee.
Isham Green Harris (10 de febrero de 1818 - 8 de julio de 1897) fue un político estadounidense que se desempeñó como gobernador de Tennessee de 1857 a 1862 y como senador de los EE. UU. Desde 1877 hasta su muerte. Fue el primer gobernador del estado de West Tennessee.
A Democrat, Harris served in the Senate, 27th Tennessee General Assembly, 1847-49, representing Henry, Obion, and Weakley counties. While still at Paris, in addition to term in the General Assembly, he was a presidential elector in 1848, on the Democratic ticket of Lewis Cass and William O. Butler.
Isham G. Harris was a Confederate governor and senator who urged secession and raised troops for the Confederacy. He fled to Mexico and England after the war and returned to Tennessee in 1867.
In Isham G. Harris of Tennessee, Sam Davis Elliott offers the first published biography of this overlooked leader, establishing him as the most prominent Tennessean in the Confederacy and a...
Isham Green Harris was governor of Tennessee from 1857 to 1862 when the Union Army captured Nashville. An advocate for secession, Harris raised 100,000 troops in Tennessee for the Confederacy. Date
