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Dewitt Clinton Senter

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American politician (1830-1898)

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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.Senter’s grave in Morristown, Tennessee.

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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. 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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United States
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Politicians
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Politician
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deceased
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Lived 1830 to 1898 · aged 68
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