About
American politician who served as Governor of Tennessee from 1923 to 1927. He was Tennessee's first post-Civil War governor to win three terms in a row, as well as the first to die in office.
Before Fame
He studied at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia and at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky.
Trivia
He signed the Butler Act into law and therefore prohibited the teaching of the Theory of Evolution in public schools. This action precipitated the Scopes Trial of 1925.
Family Life
He married Sallie Hurst in Clarksville, Tennessee in 1895.
Associated With
He and Bill Haslam both served as Governor of Tennessee.
