History of Tennessee, its people and its institutions . Cave Johnson. Administrations of Polk and Jonks. 187 Carroll, and Cannon was elected by a plurality of more than 11,000votes. 331. Cannon Reelected.— In 1836. there was a call for volunteersto serve in the Florida War. The quotafor Tennessee was 2,000. More thandouble that number offered. The EastTennesseans were commanded by G. Dunlap, and those from MiddleTennessee by Gen. Robert last battle in which the Tennesseesoldiers were engaged, was fought onNovember 18-21, at Wahoo Swamp, soonafter which they were ordered ho
History of Tennessee, its people and its institutions . Cave Johnson. Administrations of Polk and Jonks. 187 Carroll, and Cannon was elected by a plurality of more than 11,000votes. 331. Cannon Reelected.— In 1836. there was a call for volunteersto serve in the Florida War. The quotafor Tennessee was 2,000. More thandouble that number offered. The EastTennesseans were commanded by G. Dunlap, and those from MiddleTennessee by Gen. Robert last battle in which the Tennesseesoldiers were engaged, was fought onNovember 18-21, at Wahoo Swamp, soonafter which they were ordered home anddischarged, though the war dragged onuntil 1842 before it was finally 1837, General Armstrong, with hismilitary laurels fresh upon him, becamea candidate for governor in opposition to Cannon, but the tide had notyet turned, and Cannon Avas again elected by an increased majority. The absorbing public question during Cannons two terms was thatof internal improvements, which is treated in Chapter Gov. Newton Cannon. CHAPTER XXVIII. ADMINISTRATIONS OF JAMES K. POLK, 1839-1841, AND JAMES C. JONES, JS41-1845. 332. Preparation for the Canvass of 1839.—At the Presidentialelection in 1836, White carried Tennessee by a majority of nearly 10,000over all the other candidates. This result was most painful to PresidentJackson, who. in the last three Presidential elections had received prac-tically the vmanimous vote of the State. He believed the people hadbeen estranged from him by partisan management. The Democratsdetermined to make a supreme effort to recover the State in 1839. Theleading newspapers of the State had gone off with the White overcome this disadvantage, they invited two young New Englandersto Tennessee, who became famous political editors — Jeremiah GeorgeHarris and E. G. Eastman. Harris had been brought up in the jour-nalistic school of George D. Prentice, though of opposite political History op Tennessee.
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