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William Tandy Senter
William Tandy Senter (May 12, 1801 – August 23, 1848) was an American politician that represented Tennessee's second district in the United States House of Representatives.
Biography.
Senter was born at Bean Station, Tennessee on May 12, 1801. He attended the common schools, and engaged in agricultural pursuits as well as holding several local offices. He married Nancy White.
Career.
A minister in the Holston Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Senter was also a
remembered for undoing many of Brownlow's radical initiatives, most notably the restoring of the right to vote to former Confederates. The current Tennessee State Constitution was written and enacted during Senter's tenure.
Early life and career.
Senter was born in McMinn County, Tennessee, the son of William Tandy Senter and Nancy White. His father was a popular Methodist minister and renowned orator who served in the United States House of Representatives in the mid-1840s, and was a delegate to Tennessee's 1834 constitutional convention. Dewitt grew up