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Archibald Roane (1759 or 1760January 18, 1819) was the second Governor of Tennessee, serving from 1801 to 1803. He won the office after the state's first governor, John Sevier, was prevented by constitutional restrictions from seeking a fourth consecutive term. He quickly became caught up in the growing rivalry between Sevier and Andrew Jackson, and was soundly defeated by Sevier after just one term. Roane served as an attorney general in the Southwest Territory in the early 1790s, and later served as a judge on the state's Superior Court of Law and Equity (1796–1801) and the Supreme Court of Errors and Appeals (1815–1819). ==Early life== Roane was born in 1759 or 1760〔Sources differ regarding Archibald Roane's birthdate and other biographical details. The Tennessee State Museum () and the memorial marker at his grave (which was erected in 1918) give the birthdate as 1759; the Tennessee State Library and Archives lists it as "circa 1759". The ''Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture'' gives the birthdate as 1760, while the National Governors Association biography gives a birthdate of January 1, 1760. An article in the October 1902 (The American Historical Magazine and Tennessee Historical Society Quarterly ) (Vol. VII, number 4, pages 322-323) gives the birthdate as "about 1760" and states that Roane and his wife had six children, while the National Governors Association biography reports eight children.〕 in Derry Township, Pennsylvania, then a part of Lancaster County.〔Elbert Watson (1964) and David R. Sowell (1988), (Papers of Governor Archibald Roane, 1801-1803 ), Tennessee State Library and Archives.〕 He was the son of Andrew and Margaret Walker Roane. Andrew Roane, who was born in Ireland, was one of four sons of Archibald Gilbert Roane, a Scotsman who had been awarded land in Ireland in return for his British military service. All of the sons of Archibald Gilbert Roane emigrated to America. After Andrew and Margaret Roane both died when young Archibald Roane was about eight years old, he was raised by an uncle, John Roane, a Presbyterian minister, who provided him with a good education.〔 During the Revolutionary War, Archibald Roane served in the Continental Army as a member of the Lancaster County Militia (5th Company, 9th Battalion, Pennsylvania Volunteers).〔〔Michael Toomey, (Archibald Roane ), ''Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture''〕〔 He was among the troops who took part in Washington's crossing of the Delaware River and the subsequent Battle of Trenton in December 1776,〔James Lee McDonough, "Archibald Roane," ''Governors of Tennessee'', Vol. 3 (Memphis State University Press, 1979), pp. 63-76.〕 and was present at the surrender of General Cornwallis at Yorktown in 1781.〔〔(Governor's Information: Tennessee Governor Archibald Roane ), National Governors Association website, accessed June 12, 2011〕 In the 1780s he settled for a time in vicinity of Lexington, Rockbridge County, Virginia, where he studied and later taught at Liberty Hall Academy, a predecessor institution to Washington and Lee University. In Virginia, he married Ann (or Anne) Campbell, whom he had met there, in 1788.〔〔〔 Shortly after his marriage in 1788, Roane moved to Jonesborough, Tennessee, then still a part of North Carolina, where he was admitted to the bar and began the practice of law.〔〔 In 1790, when the Southwest Territory was formed, territorial governor William Blount appointed Roane to the position of Attorney and Solicitor for Greene County and later Territorial Attorney General for the Washington District.〔〔 In 1796, he represented Jefferson County at the state constitutional convention. This convention wrote the original Tennessee Constitution, which took effect that same year when Tennessee became a U.S. state. Later in 1796, he became one of the three judges of the Superior Court of Law and Equity, the highest court established under the new state constitution.〔〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Archibald Roane」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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