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'''Thomas Clark Rye''' ([[1863]]–[[1953]]) was [[List of Governors of Tennessee|governor]] of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Tennessee]] from [[1915]] to [[1919]]. He was a native of [[Benton County, Tennessee]]. |
'''Thomas Clark Rye''' ([[1863]]–[[1953]]) was [[List of Governors of Tennessee|governor]] of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Tennessee]] from [[1915]] to [[1919]]. He was a native of [[Benton County, Tennessee]]. |
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Rye was a [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] and an [[attorney]] who had been admitted to the bar at age twenty-one. He defeated incumbent [[Ben W. Hooper]]'s bid for re-election in [[1916]]. Rye was a supporter of [[Prohibition]]. He was governor of Tennessee during the [[U.S.]] participation in [[World War I]], in which approximately 80,000 Tennesseans served. He promoted the so-called "Ouster Law" which provided for officials who refused to enforce laws to be removed from office. This law was aimed especially at [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] [[mayor]] and political "boss" [[E.H. Crump]], who was known not to enforce Prohibition laws. Crump was removed from office, but not from influence, and eventually came to prefer running things through surrogates from behind the scenes to holding elective office himself. |
Rye was a [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] and an [[attorney]] who had been admitted to the [[bar (law)|bar]] at age twenty-one. He defeated incumbent [[Ben W. Hooper]]'s bid for re-election in [[1916]]. Rye was a supporter of [[Prohibition]]. He was governor of Tennessee during the [[U.S.]] participation in [[World War I]], in which approximately 80,000 Tennesseans served. He promoted the so-called "Ouster Law" which provided for officials who refused to enforce laws to be removed from office. This law was aimed especially at [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] [[mayor]] and political "boss" [[E. H. Crump]], who was known not to enforce Prohibition laws. Crump was removed from office, but not from influence, and eventually came to prefer running things through surrogates from behind the scenes to holding elective office himself. |
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Besides considerable other governmental reorganization, Rye's administration created the first state highway department and a board to oversee charitable institutions, as well as a State Board of Education. He returned to the practice of law after his terms as governor. |
Besides considerable other governmental reorganization, Rye's administration created the first state highway department and a board to oversee charitable institutions, as well as a State Board of Education. He returned to the practice of law after his terms as governor. |
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Revision as of 11:46, 25 October 2004
Thomas Clark Rye (1863–1953) was governor of the U.S. state of Tennessee from 1915 to 1919. He was a native of Benton County, Tennessee.
Rye was a Democrat and an attorney who had been admitted to the bar at age twenty-one. He defeated incumbent Ben W. Hooper's bid for re-election in 1916. Rye was a supporter of Prohibition. He was governor of Tennessee during the U.S. participation in World War I, in which approximately 80,000 Tennesseans served. He promoted the so-called "Ouster Law" which provided for officials who refused to enforce laws to be removed from office. This law was aimed especially at Memphis mayor and political "boss" E. H. Crump, who was known not to enforce Prohibition laws. Crump was removed from office, but not from influence, and eventually came to prefer running things through surrogates from behind the scenes to holding elective office himself.
Besides considerable other governmental reorganization, Rye's administration created the first state highway department and a board to oversee charitable institutions, as well as a State Board of Education. He returned to the practice of law after his terms as governor.