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Stephen Kantrowitz. Tillman, Benjamin “Pitchfork” 1847–1918Benjamin Ryan (“Pitchfork Ben”) Tillman was born into a wealthy slaveholding family in the plantation district of Edge-field, South Carolina, on August 11, 1847. He served with a murderous paramilitary unit, agitated for agricultural reform, and was elected to two terms as ...
May 29, 2018 · Benjamin Ryan Tillman >Benjamin Ryan Tillman (1847-1918), an American statesman for the South [1] >and a demagogue, was known as "Pitchfork Ben." His political campaigns on >behalf of poor whites gave direction to a new generation of Southern >activists who reorganized post-Reconstruction politic
Ben Tillman was an unabashed and self-proclaimed "white supremacist" who led South Carolina's notorious Red Shirts, a paramilitary gang that murdered black people on small and large scales. Before his election, he participated in the Hamburg Massacre, using his role in the riot to vault his political career.
Jul 14, 2020 · Today, Benjamin Ryan Tillman - a statue honoring Tillman went up at the South Carolina Statehouse in 1940. His name is also on a building at Clemson University. He was a longtime senator from the ...
Introduction. Benjamin R. Tillman (1847–1918) was Governor of South Carolina (1890–1894) and U.S. Senator (1895–1918). He played an active role in anti-black violence in the 1870s and helped draft the state’s 1895 constitution that sought to disenfranchise blacks. For example, it created both a poll tax and a literacy test, the latter ...
Senator Benjamin Tillman of South Carolina supported the measure, but misjudged his audience by framing the silver issue as a sectional one. Tillman’s fiery and strange appearance only reinforced the belief of some delegates that he was a madman. His disastrous performance dashed his hopes to be the silverite candidate for the U.S. presidency.
Gov. Benjamin Ryan Tillman. Terms December 4, 1890 - December 4, 1894. Party Democratic. Born July 11, 1847. Passed July 3, 1918. Birth State South Carolina. Family Married Sallie Starke; seven children. National Office (s) Served Senator. Military Service Army.
