Walter P. Brownlow
U.S. Congressperson
1851 – 1910
Who was Walter P. Brownlow?
Walter Preston Brownlow was an American politician who represented Tennessee's 1st district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1896 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.
Brownlow was a nephew of Tennessee's radical post-Civil War governor, William "Parson" Brownlow.
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- Born
- Mar 27, 1851
Abingdon - Also known as
- Walter Brownlow
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Jul 8, 1910
Johnson City
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on July 23, 2013
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