Walter P. Brownlow for Congress 1896, 1898, 1900, 1902, 1904, 1906, 1908
Brownlow for Congress!
Walter P. Brownlow of
Jonesborough, represented Tennessee’s First Congressional District from 1897
(first elected in 1896) until his death in 1910.Prior to becoming a Congressman, Brownlow
had served as Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives, a powerful post
that controlled access to the House Floor and government printing.