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Also Known As William Gannaway Brownlow
Born August 29, 1805 • Virginia
Died April 29, 1877 (aged 71) • Knoxville • Tennessee
Title / Office United States Senate (1869-1875), United States • governor (1865-1869), Tennessee

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