On March 4, 1865, the famed Tennessee abolitionist and Methodist minister William "Parson" Brownlow had won a lopsided election as governor of his state. He was inaugurated at Nashville a month later and immediately sent the 13th Amendment to the legislature for ratification. Brownlow had stood courageously against the Confederacy and slavery during the war and had been exiled for his efforts. As governor, he in turn passed measures to restrict the political activity of former Confederates and banned the former Confederate uniform. (By John Osborne)
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"The Tennessee Legislature - The Inauguration of Gov. Brownlow," Chicago Tribune, April 7, p. 1.
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