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Tennessee in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Tennessee in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

3 records3 event labels2 people1825–1861

Historical events in Tennessee

1825

1825
Election
James Knox Polk · Democratic Party

Elected Member of House of Representatives

1839

1839
Governor
James Knox Polk · Government of Tennessee

Elected Governor of Tennessee

1861

6 August 1861
Slave State Secession
Abraham Lincoln · Republican Party Government

Tennessee voters approve secession from the Union

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match United States of America and Tennessee. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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