Lloyd Bullen Political Broadside
This long broadside is addressed To the Freemen of the Third Senatorial District, composed of the counties of Greene, Cocke, Sevier and Blount. In it, Lloyd Bullen addresses the reasons he should be reelected to the Tennessee state senate. Amidst many insults to his opponents, he promises to vote against renewing corrupt bank charters and to abolish the expensive Chancery Courts. He calls William Brownlow a foul whelp of hell, claims that the other candidate, David Stokely, will vote for John Bell in the 1860 presidential election, and includes a newspaper account wherein Millard Fillmore offers his support. He then requests that the voters choose him in the election to be held the following Thursday. They did not, as David Stokely was the next state senator.
Dates
- 1859 July 30
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Extent
2.5 Linear Feet
Abstract
This long broadside is addressed To the Freemen of the Third Senatorial District, composed of the counties of Greene, Cocke, Sevier and Blount. In it, Lloyd Bullen addresses the reasons he should be reelected to the Tennessee state senate. Amidst many insults to his opponents, he promises to vote against renewing corrupt bank charters and to abolish the expensive Chancery Courts. He then requests that the voters choose him in the election to be held the following Thursday.
Biographical/Historical Note
Lloyd Bullen was born on January 6, 1812 to Joseph Bullen II and his wife Jane (Ross) in Windham County, Vermont. He married Elizabeth Ann Gillespie on May 5, 1834, and they had four children, George, Martha, Ewa, and Elizabeth. Bullen served as the sherriff of Greene County from 1846 to 1850, and in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1851 to 1857. He represented the Third District in the Tennessee State Senate from 1857 to 1859 as a democrat. His next political position was in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1875 to 1877. Bullen died on October 12, 1884 in Greene County, Tennessee.
Arrangement
This manuscript consists of a single oversize folder.
Acquisition Note
Special Collections purchased this broadside in July, 2001.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository