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Upon its entry into the Union in 1796, Tennessee was strongly Democratic-Republican. Tennessee became a two-party system for more than 20 years during the Jacksonian era. The Democratic Party was formed by Jackson followers, and this party was dominant against the rival Whig Party led by Henry Clay. But in 1835, there was a turn in power of ...
Organized and funded by the Tennessee Republican Party, many of the tour stops are led by House Speaker Cameron Sexton, R-Crossville. ... This platform is about making sure that families across ...
Chris Spencer, a Republican candidate for Tennessee Senate District 18, rides his electric bike in the Somerset Downs neighborhood in Hendersonville, Tenn., Thursday, June 13, 2024.
Rep. Gloria Johnson, D-Knoxville. Johnson has represented part of Knoxville in the Tennessee state House since 2012. She was catapulted to a national platform when the Republican-controlled state ...
The 1992 Republican Party platform adopted support for continuing to exclude homosexuals from the military as a matter of good order and discipline. [101] The support for the exclusion of homosexuals from military service would remain in the Republican Party platform until the 2012 Republican Party platform, which removed that language from it ...
The party's platform was very broad and made no mention of slavery. While there were several candidates for the party's presidential nomination, the two frontrunners were Bell and Sam Houston. On May 9, Bell led the initial round of balloting with 68 votes to Houston's 59, with more than a dozen other candidates splitting the remainder.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., speaks during the Tennessee Republican Party’s Statesmen’s Dinner at Music City Center in Nashville, Tenn., Saturday, June 15, 2024.
The majority party in Tennessee began as the Democratic-Republican party and operated until 1828. That year it was dissolved and the Democratic Party was formed. [6] From 1828, control of Tennessee state government alternated initially between the Democratic Party and the on. Whig Party in opposition.