Dewitt Clinton Senter

American politician (1830-1898) · United States · On the map · Politicians · Died at 68

Dewitt Clinton Senter was an American politician who served as the 18th governor of Tennessee from 1869 to 1871. He had previously served in the Tennessee House of Representatives (1855-1861), where he opposed secession on the eve of the Civil War.

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Senter’s grave in Morristown, Tennessee.

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He was elected to the Tennessee Senate following the war, and was chosen as Speaker of the Senate in 1867. As speaker, he became governor upon the resignation of William G. Brownlow in 1869.

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