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William Heiskell (1788 – September 9, 1871) was an American politician, active primarily in Tennessee, in the mid-19th century. He served a tumultuous term as Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives in the months following the Civil War, where he opposed the radical agenda of Governor William G. Brownlow, most notably refusing to sign the state house's ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment in 1866. A Whig, he had previously served a single term in the Tennessee House, from 1849 to 1851. Heiskell opposed secession and supported the Union during the Civil War. He represented Monroe County at the East Tennessee Convention in 1861. ==Early life== Heiskell was born in Hagerstown, Maryland, one of nine children of Frederic and Catherine (Steidinger) Heiskell. While he was still young, his family moved to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Later biographies, including one written by his son, Samuel G. Heiskell, state he served in the Virginia House of Delegates and was a delegate to Virginia's 1829–1830 constitutional convention,〔''(University of Tennessee Record )'', Vol. 1 (1898), pp. 243-244.〕〔Samuel Gordon Heiskell, "(Honorable William Heiskell )," ''Andrew Jackson and Early Tennessee History'' (Ambrose Printing Company, 1920), pp. 554-564.〕 though he doesn't appear in the list of delegates in the latter's official proceedings.〔''(Proceedings and Debates of the Virginia State Convention of 1829-1830 )'' (S. Shepherd and Company, 1830), pp. 3-4.〕 In 1833, Heiskell moved to Monroe County, Tennessee, where he established a plantation in the Little Tennessee Valley.〔 Aligning himself with the new Whig Party, he presided over the 1844 East Tennessee Whig Convention, which met at Knoxville to nominate candidates for that year's elections.〔Samuel G. Heiskell, ''Andrew Jackson and Early Tennessee History'', p. 241.〕 He also championed railroad construction, helping to organize the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad in the late 1840s.〔 In 1846, Heiskell ran on the Whig ticket for Monroe County's seat in the state legislature. His Democratic opponent, John Ramsey, successfully portrayed him as a flashy aristocrat who was fond of toddy and store-bought clothes, and Heiskell was defeated.〔William Ballard Lenoir, ''(History of Sweetwater Valley )'' (Presbyterian Committee of Publication, 1916), pp. 159-161, 278-279. Accessed at Archive.org 7 May 2013.〕 He won the seat in the subsequent election, however, serving from 1849 to 1851.〔 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 Heiskell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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