Archibald Roane

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Archibald Roane was an early American politician and jurist who served as the second governor of Tennessee in the early 19th century.

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instanceOf human
jurist
politician
appointedBy Territorial Governor William Blount (as Attorney General of the Southwest Territory)
birthDate 1759
birthPlace Lancaster County, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
burialPlace First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee
conflict American Revolutionary War
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
United States of America
deathDate 1819
deathPlace Knoxville, Tennessee
educatedAt Liberty Hall Academy
what is now Washington and Lee University
endTime 1803 (as Governor of Tennessee)
headOfGovernment Tennessee
surface form: State of Tennessee
knownFor being the second governor of Tennessee
service on the Tennessee Supreme Court
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic-Republican Party
militaryBranch Continental Army
militaryRank private
notableEvent defeated John Sevier in the 1801 Tennessee gubernatorial election
lost to John Sevier in the 1803 Tennessee gubernatorial election
notableWork support for judicial independence in early Tennessee
numberOfChildren at least 7
occupation judge
lawyer
politician
officeContested Governor of Tennessee
orderInOffice 2nd Governor of Tennessee
partOf early political history of Tennessee
positionHeld Attorney General of the Southwest Territory
Governor of Tennessee
judge
justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court
predecessor John Sevier
religion Presbyterian
surface form: Presbyterianism
residence Jefferson County, Tennessee
Knox County, Tennessee
Tennessee
spouse Ann Campbell Roane
startTime 1801 (as Governor of Tennessee)
successor John Sevier

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Roane County, Tennessee namedAfter Archibald Roane