William Brimage Bate
N 36° 08.987 W 086° 44.061
16S E 523897 N 4000594
William Brimage Bate was governor of Tennessee from 1883 to 1887 and served in the United States Senate from 1887 until his death in 1905.
Waymark Code: WM320A
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 01/27/2008
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His early political career included a term in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1849-1851. He graduated from law school in 1852 and established his practice in Gallatin, Tennessee. He also served as a volunteer in the Mexican-American War. Bates also served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War rising to the rank of Brigadier General. Following the Civil War, Bate’s served as Governor of Tennessee from 1883-1887 and as a United States Senator from 1887-1905. He died only five days into his fourth Senate term, in Washington, D.C.. He died on March 9, 1905 and his funeral was held in the Senate chamber of the United States Capitol. William B. Bate is buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee.
Description:
William Brimage Bate was born on October 7, 1826 in Bledsoe Lick, Tennessee. His early political inclued service in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1849-1851. He grauated from law school in 1852 and established a practice in Gallatin, Tennessee where he became district attorney general for Nashville in 1854. During the Civil War Bate served in the Confederate Army seeing action at First Manassas (Bull Run). He returned to the western theater where he rose to the rank of Brigadier General seeing extensive action at Shiloh and during the Atlanta Campaign.
After the war General Bate returned to his law practice where he fought successfully to have the civil rights restored to himself and many Confederate Veterans. He was electe Governor of Tennessee in 1882 and re-elected in 1884. Following his terms as Governor, he was elected to the United States Senate in 1887, and was re-elected in 1893, 1899 and 1905. He died on March 9, 1905, only five days into his fourth term. His funeral was held in the Senate Chamber of the United States Capitol. Following his funeral in Washington, his body was returned to Nashville an he was laid to rest in Nashville’s Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Date of birth: 10/07/1826
Date of death: 03/09/1905
Area of notoriety: Politics
Marker Type: Monument
Setting: Outdoor
Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Daily - During Daylight Hours
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