Peter Turney
Peter Turney | |
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Posthumous Portrait by Lloyd Branson, c. 1907 | |
| 26th Governor of Tennessee | |
| In office January 16, 1893 – January 21, 1897 | |
| Preceded by | John P. Buchanan |
| Succeeded by | Robert Love Taylor |
| Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court | |
| In office 1886–1893 | |
| Preceded by | James W. Deaderick |
| Succeeded by | Horace H. Lurton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 22, 1827 |
| Died | October 19, 1903 (aged 76) |
| Resting place | Winchester City Cemetery |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Cassandra Garner (1851–1857, her death) Hannah Graham (m. 1858) |
| Relations | Hopkins L. Turney (father) |
| Profession | Attorney |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Confederate States of America |
| Branch/service | Confederate States Army |
| Years of service | 1861–1865 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Commands | 1st Tennessee Infantry (Provisional) |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War • Bull Run (1861) • Shenandoah Campaign (1862) • Seven Days (1862) • Peninsula Campaign (1862) • Fredericksburg (1862) |
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Peter Turney (September 22, 1827 – October 19, 1903) was an American politician, soldier, and jurist, who served as the 26th governor of Tennessee from 1893 to 1897. He was also a justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court from 1870 to 1893, and served as the court's Chief Justice from 1886 to 1893. During the Civil War, Turney was colonel of the First Tennessee Regiment, one of the first Tennessee units to join the Confederate Army.
As governor, Turney ended the state's controversial convict lease system and enacted other prison reform measures. His second term was marred by the 1894 gubernatorial election, which he won only after the state's Democratic-controlled legislature threw out thousands of votes for his opponent, Henry Clay Evans.