Dewitt Clinton Senter
American politician
Died when: 68 years 80 days (818 months)Star Sign: Aries
Dewitt Clinton Senter (March 26, 1830 – June 14, 1898) was an American politician who served as the 18th Governor of Tennessee from 1869 to 1871.He had previously served in the Tennessee House of Representatives (1855–1861), where he opposed secession on the eve of the Civil War.
He was elected to the Tennessee Senate following the war, and was chosen as Speaker of the Senate in 1867.As speaker, he became governor upon the resignation of William G.
Brownlow in 1869.Senter is perhaps best remembered for undoing many of Brownlow's radical initiatives, most notably the restoring of the right to vote to former Confederates.
The current Tennessee State Constitution was written and enacted during Senter's tenure.
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