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Horace Maynard, the Glossary

Horace Maynard (August 30, 1814 – May 3, 1882) was an American educator, attorney, politician and diplomat active primarily in the second half of the 19th century. Initially elected to the House of Representatives from Tennessee's 2nd Congressional District for the term commencing on March 4, 1857, Maynard, an ardent Union supporter and abolitionist, became one of the few Southern congressmen to maintain his seat in the House during the Civil War.^[1]

Abolitionism in the United States

In the United States, abolitionism, the movement that sought to end slavery in the country, was active from the colonial era until the American Civil War, the end of which brought about the abolition of American slavery, except as punishment for a crime, through the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (ratified 1865).

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Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.

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Alfred A. Freeman

Alfred Alexander Freeman (February 7, 1838 – March 27, 1926) was an American politician, judge and diplomat, active during the latter half of the 19th century.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.

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Amherst College

Amherst College is a private liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts.

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Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808July 31, 1875) was an American politician who served as the 17th president of the United States from 1865 to 1869. Horace Maynard and Andrew Johnson are People of Tennessee in the American Civil War.

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Austin Blair

Austin Blair (February 8, 1818 – August 6, 1894), also known as the Civil War Governor, was a politician who served as the 13th governor of Michigan and in Michigan's House of Representatives and Senate as well as the U.S. Senate.

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Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin baccalaureus artium, baccalaureus in artibus, or artium baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines.

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Benjamin F. Cheatham

Benjamin Franklin Cheatham (October 20, 1820 – September 4, 1886) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War. Horace Maynard and Benjamin F. Cheatham are People of Tennessee in the American Civil War.

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Brookside Mills

Brookside Mills was a textile manufacturing company that operated in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Brownlow's Whig

The Whig was a polemical American newspaper published and edited by William G. "Parson" Brownlow (1805–1877) in the mid-nineteenth century.

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Confederate States of America

The Confederate States of America (CSA), commonly referred to as the Confederate States (C.S.), the Confederacy, or the South, was an unrecognized breakaway republic in the Southern United States that existed from February 8, 1861, to May 9, 1865.

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David M. Key

David McKendree Key (January 27, 1824 – February 3, 1900) was a United States senator from Tennessee, United States Postmaster General and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee and the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. Horace Maynard and David M. Key are Hayes administration cabinet members, People of Tennessee in the American Civil War and United States Postmasters General.

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Don Carlos Buell

Don Carlos Buell (March 23, 1818November 19, 1898) was a United States Army officer who fought in the Seminole War, the Mexican–American War, and the American Civil War.

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East Tennessee

East Tennessee is one of the three Grand Divisions of Tennessee defined in state law.

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East Tennessee bridge burnings

The East Tennessee bridge burnings were a series of guerrilla operations carried out during the American Civil War by Union sympathizers in Confederate-held East Tennessee in 1861.

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East Tennessee Convention

The East Tennessee Convention was an assembly of Southern Unionist delegates primarily from East Tennessee that met on three occasions during the Civil War.

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Emancipation Proclamation

The Emancipation Proclamation, officially Proclamation 95, was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War.

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Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, or February 1818 – February 20, 1895) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. Horace Maynard and Frederick Douglass are 19th-century American diplomats.

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George B. McClellan

George Brinton McClellan (December 3, 1826 – October 29, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 24th governor of New Jersey and as Commanding General of the United States Army from November 1861 to March 1862.

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George Earl Maney

Brigadier-General George Earl Maney (August 24, 1826 – February 9, 1901) was an American soldier, politician, railroad executive and diplomat. Horace Maynard and George Earl Maney are 19th-century American diplomats and People of Tennessee in the American Civil War.

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George Henry Boker

George Henry Boker (October 6, 1823 – January 2, 1890) was an American poet, playwright, and diplomat. Horace Maynard and George Henry Boker are 19th-century American diplomats and ambassadors of the United States to the Ottoman Empire.

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George Henry Thomas

George Henry Thomas (July 31, 1816March 28, 1870) was an American general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and one of the principal commanders in the Western Theater.

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George W. McCrary

George Washington McCrary (August 29, 1835 – June 23, 1890) was a United States representative from Iowa, the 33rd United States Secretary of War and a United States circuit judge of the United States Circuit Courts for the Eighth Circuit. Horace Maynard and George W. McCrary are Hayes administration cabinet members.

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George Washington Harris

George Washington Harris (March 20, 1814 – December 11, 1869) was an American humorist best known for his character "Sut Lovingood," an Appalachian backwoods reveler fond of telling tall tales.

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Governor of Tennessee

The governor of Tennessee is the head of government of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.

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House Republican Conference

The House Republican Conference is the party caucus for Republicans in the United States House of Representatives.

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Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh

Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh (July 3, 1837– September 19, 1890) was an American attorney and politician who represented Tennessee's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1873 to 1879. Horace Maynard and Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh are People of Tennessee in the American Civil War and Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee.

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James C. Luttrell

James Churchwell Luttrell II (March 3, 1813 – July 6, 1878) was an American attorney and politician who served as Mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee, during the Civil War. Horace Maynard and James C. Luttrell are Tennessee Know Nothings and Tennessee Whigs.

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James D. Porter

James Davis Porter (December 7, 1828 – May 18, 1912) was an American attorney, politician, educator, and officer of the Confederate Army. Horace Maynard and James D. Porter are 19th-century American diplomats and People of Tennessee in the American Civil War.

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James G. Blaine

James Gillespie Blaine (January 31, 1830January 27, 1893) was an American statesman and Republican politician who represented Maine in the United States House of Representatives from 1863 to 1876, serving as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1869 to 1875, and then in the United States Senate from 1876 to 1881.

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James Longstreet

James Longstreet (January 8, 1821January 2, 1904) was a Confederate general who served during the American Civil War and was the principal subordinate to General Robert E. Lee, who called him his "Old War Horse". Horace Maynard and James Longstreet are 19th-century American diplomats and ambassadors of the United States to the Ottoman Empire.

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Know Nothing

The Know Nothings were a nativist political movement in the United States in the 1850s, officially known as the Native American Party before 1855, and afterwards simply the American Party.

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Knox County, Tennessee

Knox County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee.

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Knoxville, Tennessee

Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County, Tennessee, United States.

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List of ambassadors of the United States to Turkey

The United States has maintained many high level contacts with Turkey since the 19th century. Horace Maynard and List of ambassadors of the United States to Turkey are ambassadors of the United States to the Ottoman Empire.

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List of United States representatives from Tennessee

The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Tennessee.

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Martha Tracy Owler

Martha Tracy Owler (1852 – October 3, 1916) was an American journalist and writer.

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Maynardville, Tennessee

Maynardville (originally named Liberty) is a city in and the county seat of Union County, Tennessee, United States.

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Old Gray Cemetery

Old Gray Cemetery is the second-oldest cemetery in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States.

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Oliver Perry Temple

Oliver Perry Temple (January 27, 1820 – November 2, 1907) was an American attorney, author, judge, and economic promoter active primarily in East Tennessee in the latter half of the 19th century. Horace Maynard and Oliver Perry Temple are Tennessee Whigs.

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Opposition Party (Southern U.S.)

The Opposition Party was a third party in the South in the years just before the American Civil War.

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Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire, historically and colloquially known as the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm centered in Anatolia that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.

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Parson Brownlow

William Gannaway "Parson" Brownlow (August 29, 1805April 29, 1877) was an American newspaper publisher, Methodist minister, book author, prisoner of war, lecturer, and politician who served as the 17th governor of Tennessee from 1865 to 1869 and as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1869 to 1875. Horace Maynard and Parson Brownlow are People of Tennessee in the American Civil War, Tennessee Know Nothings and Tennessee Whigs.

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Peter Staub

Johann Peter Staub colloquially Peter Staub (February 22, 1827 – May 19, 1904) was a Swiss-born American businessman, politician, and diplomat.

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also known as the GOP (Grand Old Party), is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.

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Rutherford B. Hayes

Rutherford Birchard Hayes (October 4, 1822 – January 17, 1893) was an American military officer, lawyer, and politician who served as the 19th president of the United States from 1877 to 1881.

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Samuel Milligan

Samuel Milligan (November 16, 1814 – April 20, 1874) was a justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court and a judge of the Court of Claims.

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Southern Unionist

In the United States, Southern Unionists were white Southerners living in the Confederate States of America opposed to secession.

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Spanish–American War

The Spanish–American War (April 21 – December 10, 1898) began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of in Havana Harbor in Cuba, leading to United States intervention in the Cuban War of Independence.

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Tennessee

Tennessee, officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Tennessee Supreme Court

The Tennessee Supreme Court is the highest court in the state of Tennessee.

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Tennessee's 2nd congressional district

The 2nd congressional district of Tennessee is a congressional district in East Tennessee.

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Tennessee's at-large congressional district

The district was organized after achieving statehood in 1796.

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Thomas A. R. Nelson

Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson (March 19, 1812 – August 24, 1873) was an American attorney, politician, and judge, active primarily in East Tennessee during the mid-19th century. Horace Maynard and Thomas A. R. Nelson are Opposition Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee, Tennessee Oppositionists, Tennessee Unionists, Tennessee Whigs and Tennessee lawyers.

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Thomas Lemuel James

Thomas Lemuel James (March 29, 1831 – September 11, 1916) was an American journalist, government official, and banker who served as the United States Postmaster General in 1881. Horace Maynard and Thomas Lemuel James are United States Postmasters General.

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Turkey

Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.

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Ulysses S. Grant

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Union (American Civil War)

The Union, colloquially known as the North, refers to the states that remained loyal to the United States after eleven Southern slave states seceded to form the Confederate States of America (CSA), also known as the Confederacy or South, during the American Civil War.

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Union County, Tennessee

Union County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee.

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United States Electoral College

In the United States, the Electoral College is the group of presidential electors that is formed every four years during the presidential election for the sole purpose of voting for the president and vice president.

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United States House Committee on Financial Services

The United States House Committee on Financial Services, also referred to as the House Banking Committee and previously known as the Committee on Banking and Currency, is the committee of the United States House of Representatives that oversees the entire financial services industry, including the securities, insurance, banking and housing industries.

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United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber.

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United States Postmaster General

The United States postmaster general (PMG) is the chief executive officer of the United States Postal Service (USPS). Horace Maynard and United States Postmaster General are United States Postmasters General.

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University of Tennessee

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (or The University of Tennessee; UT; UT Knoxville; or colloquially UTK or Tennessee) is a public land-grant research university in Knoxville, Tennessee.

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USS Nashville (PG-7)

USS Nashville (PG-7), a gunboat, was the only ship of its class.

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Valedictorian

Valedictorian (VD) is an academic title for the highest-performing student of a graduating class of an academic institution.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.

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Westborough, Massachusetts

Westborough is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Whig Party (United States)

The Whig Party was a political party that existed in the United States during the mid-19th century.

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William Henry Sneed

William Henry Sneed (August 27, 1812 – September 18, 1869) was an American attorney and politician, active initially in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and later in Knoxville, Tennessee, during the mid-19th century. Horace Maynard and William Henry Sneed are know-Nothing members of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee, Tennessee Know Nothings and Tennessee Whigs.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Maynard

Also known as Maynard, Horace.

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See also

1852 United States presidential electors

Ambassadors of the United States to the Ottoman Empire

Hayes administration cabinet members

Know-Nothing members of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee

Opposition Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee

Tennessee Know Nothings

Tennessee Oppositionists

Tennessee Unionists

Tennessee attorneys general

Unconditional Union Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee

Unionist Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee

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