Walter P. Brownlow | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 1st district | |
| In office March 4, 1897 – July 8, 1910 | |
| Preceded by | William C. Anderson |
| Succeeded by | Zachary D. Massey |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 27, 1851 Abingdon, Virginia, US |
| Died | July 8, 1910 (aged 59) Johnson City, Tennessee, US |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Clayetta Ashland Holbach (m. 1870)[1] |
| Relations | William G. Brownlow (uncle) James P. Brownlow (cousin) |
| Children | 6[1] |
| Profession | Newspaper editor |
Walter Preston Brownlow (March 27, 1851 – July 8, 1910) was an American politician who represented Tennessee's 1st district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1897 until his death in 1910. He is remembered for obtaining large federal appropriations for his district, as well as for his intraparty political battles with Chattanoogans Henry Clay Evans and Newell Sanders over control of the state Republican Party. Along with his congressional tenure, Brownlow served as Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives from 1881 to 1883, and published the Jonesboro Herald and Tribune from 1876 to 1910.[2][3]
Brownlow was a nephew of Tennessee's radical post-Civil War governor, William "Parson" Brownlow.[2]
- ^ a b Suzanne Julin, National Historic Landmark Nomination for Mountain Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 30 May 2008, p. 25. Retrieved: 18 August 2013.
- ^ a b Walter Neale, "Walter Preston Brownlow," Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, Supreme Court, and Fifty-fifth Congress, Volume 1 (The Neale Company, 1899).
- ^ Richard W. Austin, "Memorial Address for Representative Brownlow," House of Representatives Documents: 61st Congress, 3rd Session (December 5, 1910 - March 4, 1911), Volume 121 (1911), pp. 40-50.