Election in Tennessee
1869 Tennessee gubernatorial election
The 1869 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held on August 5, 1869, to elect the next governor of Tennessee . Incumbent Republican Governor Parson Brownlow was elected to the United States Senate and resigned as governor on February 25, 1869. Republican Dewitt Clinton Senter , being the Speaker of the Tennessee Senate, became governor following Brownlow's resignation.[ 1]
Senter, who ran as a Conservative Republican , ran for a full term and easily defeated Radical Republican Congressman from Tennessee's 3rd congressional district William Brickly Stokes .
The Tennessee Republican Party held its convention on February 25, 1869, and gave its gubernatorial nomination to Governor Dewitt Clinton Senter .[ 2]