Franklin is a city in and county seat of Williamson County,Tennessee,United States. About 21 miles (34 km) south of Nashville,it is one of the principal cities of the Nashville metropolitan area and Middle Tennessee. As of 2020,its population was 83,454. It is the 7th most populous city in Tennessee. Franklin is known to be the home of many celebrities,mostly country music stars.
Mary Marsha Blackburn is an American politician and businesswoman serving as the senior United States senator from Tennessee. Blackburn was first elected to the Senate in 2018. A member of the Republican Party,Blackburn was a state senator from 1999 to 2003 and represented Tennessee's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2003 to 2019,during which time the National Journal rated her among the House's most conservative members.
The Tennessee House of Representatives is the lower house of the Tennessee General Assembly,the state legislature of the U.S. state of Tennessee.
Cabell Rives Berry was the Speaker of the Tennessee Senate from 1885 to 1887.
Douglas Selph Henry Jr. was an American attorney and Democratic politician. He was the longest-serving member of the Tennessee legislature. He was a member of the Tennessee Senate,representing the 21st district. He served as a state senator beginning with his election to the 87th General Assembly,prior to which he was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives during the 79th General Assembly.
The American Civil War significantly affected Tennessee,with every county witnessing combat. It was a divided state,with the Eastern counties harboring pro-Union sentiment throughout the conflict,and it was the last state to officially secede from the Union,in protest of President Lincoln's April 15 Proclamation calling forth 75,000 members of state militias to suppress the rebellion. Although Tennessee provided a large number of troops for the Confederacy,it would also provide more soldiers for the Union Army than any other state within the Confederacy.
Mark Saalfield Norris Sr. is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. He served as a Republican member of the Tennessee Senate from 2001 through 2018,serving as Majority Leader from 2007 to 2018.
Terri Lynn Weaver is an American politician who was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 2009 to 2023. She represented the 40th district,which is composed of Smith,Trousdale,most of DeKalb,and part of Sumner counties.
Richard Glen Casada Jr. is an American politician,and a former Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives,where he represented District 63 from 2003 to 2023. He was the Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives from January 8,2019 through August 2,2019,whereupon he resigned his post amid scandal. This was the shortest stint of a Tennessee Speaker of the House in modern history. Casada was previously the Majority Leader of the Tennessee House of Representatives. His opposition to Syrian refugees attracted national attention in the media in 2015.
Glencliff High School is an American public high school in Nashville,Tennessee. It was built in 1957 and added onto in 1977.
Jeremy Ryan Durham is an American former politician and attorney. From January 2013 to September 2016 he served as the Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the 65th District,encompassing parts of Williamson County,Tennessee. On July 13,2016 a special committee of the Tennessee House of Representatives released a report that found Durham had had inappropriate "sexual interactions" with 22 women. On September 13,2016,Durham was expelled from the Tennessee House of Representatives on a 70–2 vote.
Mark Edward Green is an American politician,physician,and retired U.S. Army major who has served as the U.S. representative for Tennessee's 7th congressional district since 2019. A member of the Republican Party,Green has chaired the Committee on Homeland Security since 2023. Before his election to Congress,he served in the Tennessee Senate from 2013 to 2018,representing the 22nd district.
Carson William Beck was an American lawyer and politician. He was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 2015 until his death in 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,he represented District 51,which is composed of parts of Davidson County and includes Old Hickory,Madison,Inglewood,East Nashville,Downtown,The Gulch,Germantown,and Salemtown.
The 2018 Tennessee gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the next governor of Tennessee. Incumbent Republican Governor Bill Haslam was term-limited,and is prohibited by the Constitution of Tennessee from seeking a third consecutive term. Republican candidate Bill Lee was elected with 59.6% of the vote,defeating Democratic nominee and former Nashville mayor Karl Dean.
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee was held on November 6,2018,to elect the nine U.S. representatives from the state of Tennessee,one from each of the state's nine congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including the gubernatorial election.
State Route 248 is an east–west secondary state highway located entirely in Williamson County in Middle Tennessee.
The Nathan Bedford Forrest Bust is a bust of Confederate States of America Lt. General and first-era Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard Nathan Bedford Forrest that was prominently displayed in the Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville. On July 23,2021,the bust was removed,and was relocated to the Tennessee State Museum in a new exhibit that opened four days later.
Thomas Richard Tillis is an American politician who served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from the 92nd district as a member of the Republican Party. During his tenure in the state house he served as the Majority Whip.
Michael G. Curcio is an American politician from the state of Tennessee. A Republican,Curcio formerly represented the 69th district of the Tennessee House of Representatives,based in Columbia and Dickson,from 2017-2022.
William Andrew Ogles IV is an American politician and businessman who has served as the U.S. representative for Tennessee's 5th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Republican Party,he served as the mayor of Maury County,Tennessee,from 2018 to 2022.
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