Aftermath
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Although Hawkins failed to win re-election, he was praised by members of both parties for running an honest government, helping to erase the stigma attached to the Republican Party as a result of the Brownlow administration's radical post-war policies.[3] Hawkins also enacted several judicial and educational reforms.[3]
General election
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References
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- ^ Phillip Langsdon, Tennessee: A Political History (Franklin, Tenn.: Hillsboro Press, 2000), pp. 207-210.
- ^ "TN Governor". ourcampaigns.com. February 1, 2011. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
- ^ a b Russell Fowler, Alvin Hawkins, Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, 2009. Retrieved: 3 November 2012.
- ^ Tennessee Blue Book (1890), p. 170.