History of Tennessee, its people and its institutions . Harris.— The Democraticparty had now gained a permanent ascendency in Tennessee. In thepresidential election of 1856, the State went Democratic for the firsttime since the election of Andrew Jackson, in 1832. In 1857, Isham Democrat, was elected governor over Robert Hatton by morethan eleven thousand majority. 354. The Code of Tennessee.— During thisadministration, the statute laws of the State werecodified. The plan and arrangement followedwas that of William F. Cooper, and the workhas justly taken a place in the front rank ofA
History of Tennessee, its people and its institutions . Harris.— The Democraticparty had now gained a permanent ascendency in Tennessee. In thepresidential election of 1856, the State went Democratic for the firsttime since the election of Andrew Jackson, in 1832. In 1857, Isham Democrat, was elected governor over Robert Hatton by morethan eleven thousand majority. 354. The Code of Tennessee.— During thisadministration, the statute laws of the State werecodified. The plan and arrangement followedwas that of William F. Cooper, and the workhas justly taken a place in the front rank ofAmerican codes. The State owes much to thecircumstance that during the whole period whenits system of jurisprudence was being formed,its ablest lawyers were induced to devote some-thing of their learning and ability to the work ofcompiling, digesting, and codifying its statutelaws. No list of the most eminent lawyers ofthe State would be complete that did not contain the names of JohnHaywood, Robert L. Caruthers, Alfred O. P, Nicholson, Return J,. Gov. Isham G. Harris. 202 History op Tennessee. Meigs, and William F. Cooper; and so long as the Code of Tennesseeremains, it will be a monument to their just conception of the genius of our laws, and the intelligent manner inwhich they have reduced them into a system;and in an especial manner to the analytic andsystematic mind and untiring labor of JudgeCooper. 355. The Gray-Eyed Man of Destiny.—In 1857, the great filibuster, Gen. WilliamWalker, made his last visit to was a native of Nashville, and a graduateof the University of Nashville. He wascalled the Gray-Eyed Man of Destiny, andhis career in Sonora and Nicaragua was oneof the most romantic and brilliant in theannals of filibustering.
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