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May 14, 2024 · South Carolina Senator, former governor, and white supremacist Benjamin Tillman formed a pact with U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt to begin the process of cracking down on the railway industry, thus significantly impacting South Carolina's railway industry.
6 days ago · Benjamin Ryan Tillman (August 11, 1847 – July 3, 1918) was an American politician who served as the 84th Governor of South Carolina, from 1890 to 1894, and as a United States Senator, from 1895 until his death in office.
May 27, 2024 · The move to have a monument for Smalls, comes as many across the nation and South Carolina are calling for the removal of controversial historical figures, like former South Carolina Governor...
May 10, 2024 · The former Confederate soldier was a firebrand mouthpiece of White agrarian populism, and Tillman spearheaded a vicious campaign against the South Carolina conservatives, loathing them for casting him aside after he led the Red Shirts to win Wade Hampton’s III governorship in the 1876 gubernatorial election.
6 days ago · His decision was largely influenced by the future South Carolina Governor Benjamin Tillman. [15] Tillman lobbied the South Carolina General Assembly to create the school as an agricultural institution for the state, and the resolution passed by only one vote.
1 day ago · The governor of South Carolina is the head of government of South Carolina and serves as commander-in-chief of the U.S. state's military forces. The current governor is Henry McMaster.
TIL Senator Benjamin Tillman once called his fellow Senator from South Carolina, John L. McLaurin, corrupt. In return, McLaurin called Tillman a liar. Tillman then punched McLaurin in the face and McLaurin punched Tillman in the nose. The Sergeant at Arms and other Senators intervened to stop them. : r/todayilearned. r/todayilearned. • 1 hr. ago.
