1882_Tennessee_gubernatorial_election

1882 Tennessee gubernatorial election

1882 Tennessee gubernatorial election

Tennessee gubernatorial election

The 1882 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1882, to elect the Governor of Tennessee. Incumbent Republican Governor Alvin Hawkins lost re-election against Democratic nominee and former member of the Tennessee House of Representatives William B. Bate.[1]

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William B. Bate was sworn in as the 23rd Governor of Tennessee on 15 January 1883.[2]

Aftermath

Although Hawkins failed to win re-election, he was praised by members of both parties for running an honest government, helping to erase the stigma attached to the Republican Party as a result of the Brownlow administration's radical post-war policies.[3] Hawkins also enacted several judicial and educational reforms.[3]

General election

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References

  1. [1]
    Phillip Langsdon, Tennessee: A Political History (Franklin, Tenn.: Hillsboro Press, 2000), pp. 207-210.
  2. [2]
    "TN Governor". ourcampaigns.com. February 1, 2011. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
  3. [3]
    Russell Fowler, Alvin Hawkins, Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009. Retrieved: 3 November 2012.
  4. [4]
    Tennessee Blue Book (1890), p. 170.
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