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William Brimage Bate (October 7, 1826March 9, 1905) was an American soldier and politician. He served as Governor of Tennessee from 1883 to 1887, and subsequently served as a United States Senator from 1887 until his death. During the Civil War, he fought for the Confederacy, eventually rising to the rank of major general and commanding a division in the Army of Tennessee. Bate saw action in multiple engagements throughout the war, and was seriously wounded on two occasions.〔John Thweatt, (William B. Bate ), ''Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture'', 2009. Retrieved: 6 November 2012.〕 ==Early life and career== Bate was born in Bledsoe's Lick (now Castalian Springs) in Sumner County, Tennessee, the son of James H. Bate and Amanda Weatherred Bate. He attended a log schoolhouse known as the "Rural Academy." When he was 15, his father died, and he left home to find work. He was eventually hired as a clerk on the steamboat, ''Saladin'', which traveled up and down the Cumberland, Ohio, and Mississippi rivers between Nashville and New Orleans.〔 While his steamboat was docked in New Orleans, word of the outbreak of the Mexican-American War arrived, and Bate enlisted in a Louisiana regiment.〔(Governor William Brimage Bate Papers (finding aid) ), Tennessee State Library and Archives, 1964. Retrieved: 6 November 2012.〕 When this enlistment ended a few months later, he reenlisted with the rank of lieutenant in Company I of the 3rd Tennessee Volunteer Infantry. He accompanied General Joseph Lane on several raids in pursuit of Santa Anna toward the end of the war.〔Edward Pollard, ''(Lee and His Lieutenants )'' (New York: E.B. Treat and Company, 1867), pp. 722-737.〕 After the war, Bate returned to his family farm in Sumner County, and established a pro-Democratic Party newspaper, the ''Tenth Legion'', in nearby Gallatin. He was elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives in 1849. In 1852, he obtained his law degree from the Cumberland School of Law (then located in Lebanon, Tennessee), and was admitted to the bar. After the state constitution was amended to allow for direct election of judicial officers in 1854, Bate was elected attorney general for the Nashville district.〔 Bate campaigned for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Johnson in 1855,〔 and was an elector for Southern Democratic presidential candidate John C. Breckinridge in 1860.〔Phillip Langsdon, ''Tennessee: A Political History'' (Franklin, Tenn.: Hillsboro Press, 2000), pp. 211-213.〕 He was offered his district's nomination for Congress in 1859, but declined. He was a staunch supporter of secession in the years leading up to the Civil War.〔 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「William B. Bate」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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