LAST - Governor of Tennessee to be Elected by Convention - Camden, TN
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YoSam.
N 36° 03.477 W 088° 05.799
16S E 401232 N 3990932
Political against graft and against whiskey.
Waymark Code: WM114TW
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 08/16/2019
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County of Marker: Benton County
Location of Marker: Main St. & Church Ave., courthouse lawn, Camden
Marker Text:
4A 21
THOMAS CLARK RYEBorn June 2, 1863, in a log cabin about ½ mi. N., he studied law at Charlotte, later began practice at Camden. Attorney general of the 13th Judicial District, 1908 ~ 12,
he was the last Tennessee governor to be elected by a convention. Inaugurated Jan. 17, 1915, serving two terms, he was later Chancellor of the 8th Division. He died Sept. 12, 1953, and is buried in Paris.