Governor Hooper authorized pensions for not only the veterans of the Civil War, but also for the widows of veterans. Having originally been elected to office over the tumult of prohibition, Ben W.

Michele Reneau, R-Hixson, plans to vote against the expansion of Tennessee's program to use ... a meeting of the legislature called by the governor to address specific issues, to address the ...

In another blow to the governor, legislators also voted to override some of DeSantis' budget vetoes from last year, a move ...

McMillin had again been nominated to run for governor in 1912 by Tennessee Democrats, but he lost narrowly to incumbent Republican Ben W. Hooper. In 1913, McMillin was appointed Minister to Peru, by ...

Florida Republican lawmakers have defied Gov. Ron DeSantis’ call for a special session on immigration by tossing out the ...

Republicans were nowhere near a majority in the state of Tennessee in 1920, although they were briefly a force to be reckoned with when the Democrats were torn asunder by strife. Ben W. Hooper had ...

He very reluctantly agreed to run for governor again, but to the surprise of almost everybody, lost the general election to Republican Ben W. Hooper of Newport. It was a stinging rebuke to Tennessee ...

Senator Robert Love Taylor died unexpectedly ion March 31, 1912 following a routine operation. Tennessee had a Republican governor, Ben W. Hooper, who appointed Newell Sanders to fill the vacancy on ...

Initially, Neal’s gubernatorial aspirations were fueled by strong support, primarily in East Tennessee. John R. Neal confidently believed he had a very good chance of winning the Democratic nomination ...

State Republican leaders -- Senate President Ben Albritton ... do the bidding of the governor and maybe that's not the way it ought to be," said Republican state Sen. Ed Hooper.