1841_United_States_Senate_election_in_Tennessee

1841 United States Senate election in Tennessee

1841 United States Senate election in Tennessee

U.S. Senate election in Tennessee

In 1841, Spencer Jarnagin was nominated for U.S. Senator by the Whig caucus in the Tennessee General Assembly. However, some of the Democrats in the legislature decided that no senator would be preferable to a Whig. Known as the "Immortal Thirteen" by Tennessee Democrats, they refused to allow a quorum on the issue.[1]

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References

  1. [1]
    Bergeron, Paul H. (June 1963). "The Election of 1843: A Whig Triumph in Tennessee". Tennessee Historical Quarterly. 22 (2): 123–136. JSTOR 42621623.
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