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Walter Preston Brownlow (March 27, 1851 – July 8, 1910) was an American politician who represented Tennessee's 1st district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1897 until his death in 1910. He is remembered for obtaining large federal appropriations for his district, as well as for his intraparty political battles with Chattanoogans Henry Clay Evans and Newell Sanders over control of the state Republican Party. Along with his congressional tenure, Brownlow served as Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives from 1881 to 1883, and published the ''Jonesboro Herald and Tribune'' from 1876 to 1910.〔Walter Neale, "(Walter Preston Brownlow )," ''Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, Supreme Court, and Fifty-fifth Congress'', Volume 1 (The Neale Company, 1899).〕〔Richard W. Austin, "(Memorial Address for Representative Brownlow )," House of Representatives Documents: 61st Congress, 3rd Session (December 5, 1910 - March 4, 1911), Volume 121 (1911), pp. 40-50.〕 Brownlow was a nephew of Tennessee's radical post-Civil War governor, William "Parson" Brownlow.〔 ==Early life== Brownlow was born in Abingdon, Virginia, the son of Joseph and Mary (Barr) Brownlow. He attended common schools for three years until his father's death in 1861. Needing to earn a living, he worked as a telegraph messenger boy. At the age of 13, during the Civil War, he attempted to join the Union Army, but was rejected due to his age. After the war, he worked as an apprentice to his brother in the tinning trade in Rogersville, Tennessee, and later worked as an engineer on the Rogersville and Jefferson Railroad.〔"(Walter P. Brownlow )," ''Goodspeed's Biographical Sketches of Washington County, Tennessee'', 1887. Transcribed for TNGenWeb by Louise Jackson. Retrieved: 19 August 2013.〕 In 1876, Brownlow was hired as a reporter by the ''Knoxville Whig and Chronicle'', a newspaper that had been founded by his uncle's protégé, William Rule (and at the time co-owned by his uncle). He generally covered political campaigns that year, namely the canvasses of Augustus H. Pettibone and Emerson Etheridge.〔 In October 1876, he purchased the ''Jonesboro Herald and Tribune'',〔 which he would publish and edit until his death in 1910.〔 Brownlow was a delegate to the 1880 Republican National Convention, and was appointed postmaster at Jonesborough, Tennessee, in 1881. In December 1881, he was appointed Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives for the 47th Congress (1881–1883), a position which controlled entry to the House floor.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000962 )〕 His Assistant Doorkeeper was Richard W. Austin, his future political ally.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000341 )〕 Brownlow worked as superintendent of the Senate's folding room, where Senate documents were processed and distributed to the public, from 1885 to 1893. After leaving this position, he briefly worked in the office of Congressman Alfred A. Taylor.〔Phillip Langsdon, ''Tennessee: A Political History'' (Franklin, Tenn.: Hillsboro Press, 2000), pp. 223-224.〕 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「Walter P. Brownlow」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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